Treating The Buried With Respect
In the September 2012 edition of Modern Railways, there is a small article about the reburying of 300 people from old burial grounds discovered during the building of a new rail flyover that carries the trains for Charing Cross over the top of Borough Market.
Apparently, the novelist Thomas Hardy was involved in the removal of bodies, when St. Pancras station was built in the 19th Century.
I think in this day and age, it was good to see that Network Rail ensured that the new burials in a special plot at the new Kemnal Park cemetery were respectful and echoed how funerals were conducted at the time of the original burials. There is a series of photos here.
The Anonymous Widower 
I do agree, needs to be done respectfully. Sadly these days so many things arent done respectfully. My pet hate is when the gravestones are laid flat to stop them falling over. Then they became overgrown by moss and no-one can read them.
Comment by Liz P | September 5, 2012 |