Awards and memorials.

[curiouswombat]

When I got home on Sunday and checked all my e-mails I discovered some lovely person(s) had been busy nominating Ten Years After for awards at Serenity on the Hellmouth, and the Shades of Grey Awards. This is to say a very big thank you for the nominations.

Also - I would like to share with you my favourite memorial stone from York Minster. There cannot be many memorial stones that come with references -




This is the memorial stone in question -



And for those who might find it difficult to read here is the part that gives me the giggles -



Daughter-dear said she wasn't that impressed - they didn't give the page number!


I have one or two nice pictures that I took in The Museum Gardens as well - I'll post them later in the week maybe.

Comments

[keswindhover.livejournal.com]

Heh. It's in the papers, so it must be true!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I rather like the bit that gives you a run-down on her posh houses and her faithful servants as well! It's sort of the OK of memorials really.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the nomination! And regarding the memorial stone all I can say is that our ancestors were windy buggers.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Her family definitely wanted both her station in life and theirs to be obvious for generations to come!

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the well deserved nominations!

I love the tl;dr memorial. Some people will never learn that less can be more.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

This lady's family definitely believed biggest is best!

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Bwaa-haa-ha! that's too funny; you have to wonder what the heck her family was thinking! And I have assume the engraver was being paid by the letter!!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

To be fair, some of the other memorials are almost as gushing - but they just don't call on the power of the press to add weight to what they want you to think!

[diachrony.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the nomination!

I find that memorial utterly hilarious. I wonder if at the time others blinked at it as well, or if it was considered nothing out of the ordinary?

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

There were others that gave you a run down of people's wives' grandparents etc. if they were 'posh' - but this was the only one we found that gave you her press cuttings!

[cbtreks.livejournal.com]

That's funny! Just how tall is the monument?

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

At least six foot - possibly a bit taller, and mounted on the wall of the Minster.

[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

Hey, I think they missed an attribute or three!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

You can just imagine a small extra stone at the side which says 'Appendix 1' or 'addendum' and 'as a needlewoman beyond compare, and her pouring of tea was gentility personified' written on it.....

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I read over that in the first picture and thought, "well, that's funny -- I wonder what that meant back then?" :-)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Brilliant isn't it? It is the only memorial stone I have ever seen with references!

[jerusha]

Congratulations on the noms!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the nominations....MUCH deserved!

Loved the headstone too....nothing like having your entire obituary recorded in stone (and a free plug for a magazine as well...hum...unpaid advertising!). Too funny.

Kathleen

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you, and isn't that memorial precious?

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

I think it is a good thing she died without any real enemies! Since all that was said was complimentary I'd say she was fortunate.

I love old graveyards, they have such character (or perhaps they simply have such characters!)...not trite like modern headstones. They have poetry, art, a bit of biography....well worth a read.

Kathleen