Laurel and Hardy
1 GoodGymer made their way to help the Spital Cemetery in Windsor and Maidenhead.
- Thursday, 14th of September 2023
- Led by Windsor and Maidenhead runner
On a beautiful autumn morning, Sheila joined Cllr Karen Davies at Spital Cemetery for one of the regular sessions. While Karen showed the cemeteries manager around the site and discussed future plans, I set to work cutting the laurel bushes back from over a set of headstones. Laurel is an extremely hard wood and tough to get the loppers through. Some of the thicker branches had to be left until we can bring a bow saw to do the job. But it didn't take long before I had accumulated a large pile of branches, which Karen helped me drag to the path to be collected. The headstones and memorials uncovered were for John George Carey, his 2 wives and 10 of his children, 6 of whom had sadly died before they reached the age of 3. A quick Google revealed a newspaper report that he had been a father to 29 children by his 2 wives! We may have several more gravestones to find!
Report written by Windsor and Maidenhead runner
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29!???? I thought I had my hands full 😂. Well done Sheila! X
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