It is a public cemetery, created in the late 19th century along the same lines as Kensal Green in London or Père Lachaise in Paris -- that is, it is a business, expected to at least break even and hopefully make a profit. It is currently owned and managed by Waverley Council, and you can still purchase plots.
(Photograph by Stefania Fumagalli.)
3 comments:
It looks gigantic on the aerial shot. Is that Simon with the thumbs up to say he has purchased you both plots? C
They really don't want you to walk on the grass, do they? Rather gaudy for a cemetary, that bright orange barrier netting. What do you do if you want to lay flowers on someone's grave? Chuck them, like putting the shot, vase and all? P.
Colin: No idea what Simon was signaling. Maybe that Alex is getting on a bit...
PG: I doubt if that's the reason for the orange netting. It's to stop people falling down the steep drops. If you were visiting a grave you would come in from the top, not from where we are.
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