A new website I've constructed. Highlighting the removal of over 60 gravestones to make way for a new building on the side of the current church.
http://www.savechildwallchurch.info/
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A new website I've constructed. Highlighting the removal of over 60 gravestones to make way for a new building on the side of the current church.
http://www.savechildwallchurch.info/
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Planning has been sadly passed:
www.savechildwallchurch.info
Hadn't seen this before,and can't believe the powers that be,would allow building of any sort,on a cemetery that's still in use!?! (Can't get onto the site you've posted,it's just blank?)
thanks for the update Cad .....I couldn't see the site either
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The link IS working. There is a moment or two of darkness while it loads then...pop! Bob's your uncle.
I must say i'm not too bothered about the graves (am I being sacreligious?) but I am bothered about the impact this will have on the 'feel' of Childwall.
The Abbey and the Church is the last remaining vestage of a lost-village, I don't want to loose it.
Christopher T. George
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Can't believe this, I was there in March this year, took some nice photo's of the church and surrounding area.
Lets hope the planners have seen Poltergiest and move not only the gravestones.
A great shame, but that is modern life Iam affraid.
Had a look at your site, pity about the colours :-)
Steve
I'm not religious myself,but graveyards like this this,I find fascinating! The age of some of the memorials are quite old,along with the ornate Barclay family memorial.The simple cross,though apparently more dispensible,is surely as important!
One of the biggest issues regarding the graves is that there are still recent cremations or burials where family are still visiting the graves regularly. When this carbuncle goes ahead, it isn't just a case of taking the gravestone out, but a, not being interred yourself in the family vault, and b, finding that your grave is now under a toilet block.
The Church decided to put the Application in way before I went up and photographed every grave in the area to see if people knew about it. The Church was then embarrassed in to putting a small letter out to people who may still be living in the same house, but gave no real thought to the views on the grave tenders. Whether you are religious or not, one still has a right to visit their own family grave without fear or threat that it will be built on by a pointless extension.
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