Thurso Cemetery is among the most northern on the UK mainland. The cemetery is located on the southern outskirts of the town. Thurso native Christina Jack died from influenza and inflammation of the lungs on October 22, aged thirty-five, at the Birmingham War Hospital in Rednal, where she served as a nursing sister. Her bodyContinue reading “Remembering Sister Christina Jack”
Category Archives: Scotland
Remembering William Carrigan
Airbles Road Cemetery is located on the outskirts of Motherwell, near the River Clyde. Historically, Motherwell was the centre of steel manufacturing in Scotland. The variety of headstones in the cemetery reflects the social hierarchy of the heavy industry that once dominated the area. Among those buried there is William Carrigan, a resident of Motherwell.Continue reading “Remembering William Carrigan”
Remembering Jane Taylor
Jane Taylor passed away from influenza and related complications at the age of forty-two on January 7th, 1919, at Easter Fannyside Farm in Cumbernald. Her untimely death came just a week after her son, James, succumbed to the same illness. Eighteen days before dying, she had given birth to her son William. She is buriedContinue reading “Remembering Jane Taylor”
Remembering James Taylor
Many people (myself included) associate the name ‘Cumbernauld’ with one of several ‘new towns’ constructed in Scotland after the Second World War. An ambitious civil and social engineering project, the New Town of Cumbernauld was built to reduce overpopulation in nearby Glasgow, providing residents of ‘slums’ with proper housing and access to amenities. As aContinue reading “Remembering James Taylor”
Remembering Helen MacKenzie
Old Monklands Cemetery is situated on the outskirts of Coatbridge, on a south-facing hillside with impressive views towards nearby Bellshill, Uddingston, Rutherglen and the eastern fringe of Glasgow. The peace is disturbed only by the rush of traffic from the neighbouring M8 Motorway, Scotland’s busiest road. Helen MacKenzie, the only child of Donald and AnnieContinue reading “Remembering Helen MacKenzie”
Remembering Thomas Brown
Cadder Cemetery lies north of Bishopbriggs. The Cemetery is located adjacent to the large and expanding Strathkelvin Retail Park. Although a small road physically separates them, the symbolic contrast between the two could not be starker. The juxtaposition between the silent solemnity of remembrance and the intoxicating allure of consumerism is intense. Thomas rests inContinue reading “Remembering Thomas Brown”
Remembering Janet and William Miller
On February 20, I paid my first visit to Denny Cemetery. It is located across from Denny High School, an attractive, landscaped Victorian-era cemetery containing various headstones and memorials. The Miller Family memorial is among the grander. It is an elegant granite obelisk in relatively good condition. Siblings Janet and William Miller are commemorated onContinue reading “Remembering Janet and William Miller”
Remembering George Crammond
On par with its counterparts in Balgay and the Western, Dundee’s Eastern Cemetery contains some impressive memorials, many commemorating deceased industrial magnates and their families. The headstone of George Crammond is among the less ornate, but still distinguished. It is a polished granite plinth adorned with a Greek urn, similar to that of fellow Dundonian,Continue reading “Remembering George Crammond”
Remembering James Justice
The grounds of Scone Palace are nothing short of spectacular. Scone Abbey once stood on the site where early medieval Scottish monarchs were crowned atop the famous ‘Stone of Scone’. Centuries later, in 1661, Charles II was crowned King of Scotland at Scone whilst exiled from Cromwellian England. There are few visible remains of theContinue reading “Remembering James Justice”
Remembering Robert Pollock
The East Neuk of Fife boasts one of Scotland’s most picturesque stretches of coastline. The village of Kilconquhar sits inland from the coast. Sitting next to Kinconquhar Loch, the town is dominated by the attractive Georgian Parish Church designed by the celebrated Dickson Brothers. Opened in 1821, the church sits beside the remains of itsContinue reading “Remembering Robert Pollock”
Broken Columns 