Today was the unveiling of the first new blue plaque in Chorlton, and the first event of the Friends of Chorlton Graveyard
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| Councillor Benham unveils the plaque, 2023 |
So, thank you ….. thank you to the 70 who turned up …. to Mark Canney of the Bowling Green who acted as host, to the two Peters and Steve who organised the blue plaque and to members of the newly formed Friends of Chorlton Graveyard.
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| People gather, 2023 |
Councillor Benham has been a good friend to the graveyard group.
He was there at the very beginning offering advice and help and liaised with Neighbourhood Services in facilitating the establishment of the group.
And today in front of 70 people the plaques were unveiled, followed by a talk on the history of the graveyard.
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| Part of the history, 2023 |
At the end of which people were invited to make suggestions about how they saw the graveyard being developed.
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| Listening to the history, 2023 |
And the sun shone.
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| Friends of the Graveyard, 2013 |
And the thankyous I nearly missed.
Thank you to the staff of the Bowling Green who put on light refreshments.
To Mark Canney who bought me a pint and to the party of dinners who sat while waiting for their meal and listened to the speeches.
At which point I think it would a tad selective to all those who turned up, but thanks anyway to Lawrence, Dave Bishop, Tony Goulding, Cath Brownhill and her husband, along with Kath and Karen and my old south east London chum Ed Jury who like me has come to revel in Chorlton's history.
And of course Peter's family.
And sorry if I missed you out.
Location; the Bowling Green and Chorlton graveyard
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| Jude and Mark offering suggestions for the future, 2023 |
Pictures. The events on the day, 2023, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
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