[Discuss] Mill Rd Cemetery

[caroline wilson]

Please visit www.millroadcemetery.org.uk, see what's happening in the
cemetery, come to some events and  become a Friend. There is a thriving
History Group beginning work on a database such as Joanna Clarke describes;
there are also plans for new benches,(thanks to an art project, some may not
be dissimilar to the one she envisages)  and new tree planting. The Council
has recently co-ordinated a large amount grave restoration, but alas, last
weekend there was a  new spate of vandalism, and a lot of damage was done.
We must not be disheartened, but  we need all the Friends we can get!
Caro
friendsofmillroadcemetery at gmail.com



On 16 March 2011 18:58, Joanna Gordon Clark <skyclarker at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>   Mill Road Cemetary was an old favourite of mine, and still is.  Love the
> trees, and the overgrown shrubs, but rather lament the destruction wreaked
> by people on the gravestones.  Would like to do a new survey of the
> cemetary, logging where each grave is, as best one can, and the names on
> them.  Am not entirely disinterested, as my cousin's grave is there, she
> being a still born twin - the other one survived - born at the Nursing Home
> that has now become the Youth Hostel, in abotu 1944.  Very sad
>
> Re benches, yes it would be good to have some new ones in there;  perhaps
> we could raise some funds and have a bench made  by an individual out of old
> pieces of wood, and get the council or whoever is responsibel for those
> places to agree to having the bench set up.  I imagine that we would need to
> be mindful of the mowers needs in the placing of the bench.
>
> Following on Anne Garvey's comment re bike racks, I have always wanted to
> take a photo of the sign in the Oxfam shop window on Sidney Sussex street -
> it reads something like OXFAM, and i beleive there is a recycling, or at
> least green message with it, and underneath.  NO BIKES
> Rather funny.
>
>       Joanna
>
>
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> *From:* GARVEY ANNE <annemgarvey at ntlworld.com>
> *To:* SOS Cambridge discussion list <discuss at soscambridge.org.uk>
> *Sent:* Mon, 14 March, 2011 10:48:19
> *Subject:* Re: [Discuss] Mill Rd Cemetery
>
> We certainly should find out what is happening to amenities like this.
>
> My concern everywhere in Cambridge is the lack of bike racks. There just
> aren't any - only fierce notices posted by shops telling you not to lean
> your bike against their establishment, quite reasonable if there was
> anywhere else. In the Market Square the other day I could find absolutely
> nowhere on the far non-Guildhall side to leave a bike and the Guildhall ones
> were all full. I hear rumours about there being a big Council scheme in the
> offing - I wonder if anyone has any news.
>
> Meanwhile I do think that chasing up missing features like benches is
> vital.
>
>
> AG
>
> On 13 March 2011 23:58, Simon Norton <S.Norton at dpmms.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> An posting not about trees but about a product that's made from them,
>> relevant
>> to our core objective of improving the quality of our open spaces.
>>
>> This morning I was walking through Mill Rd Cemetery en route to the
>> railway
>> station. With plenty of time before my train I wanted a rest. I am sure
>> that
>> there used to be a bench somewhere on the footpath on the west side (on
>> the
>> direct route between Norfolk St and Mill Rd) but it seemed to have
>> disappeared.
>> Anyone know why ?
>>
>>  Simon Norton
>>
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