Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Unusual tombstones







This life-size statue marks the last resting place of an Italian matriarch in Plaistow cemetery











 
 
 The poignant memorial to a young violinist  in East Finchley
cemetery






This amazing chair hidden away in Kensal Green commemorates Henry Russell (d.1900), a musician who wrote such much-loved ballads as 'A Life on the Ocean Wave', 'There's a Good Time Coming', and 'The Old Armchair' (a wonderful example of a Victorian 'tear-jerker').


For details of how to find these memorials, click on the links in bold. Other walks to do straight from the  Underground can be found at London Tube Rambles.