Re: Under Jesmond Cemetary
- From: "Cork Soaker" <spank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:39:31 -0000
"Steve E" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:20:56 -0000, "Cork Soaker"
: <spank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:
:
: >If a bomb hit, the cemetery would crack open and you'd have rotten
corpses
: >rain down on you?
: >
: >Don't fancy it, I just don't fancy it!
: >
:
: Well here's another piece of history for you:
:
: The Cemetery at Albion Road (North Shields) was heavily bombed during
: World War 2 as was a lot of North Shields and many gravestones were
: smashed, flying through roofs etc. The remaining stones removed to
: Preston Cemetery and stand against Northern perimeter wall, albeit in
: rather desperate struggle with the undergrowth.
:
: The nearest Jesmond Old Cemtery came to action in World War 2 was when
: it was straffed by the Luftwaffe and many of the headstones still have
: the bullet holes, indeed some still have the bullets embedded.
:
Oooooh :-D
.
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