Fascinating. I've read Dickens, but I never knew these graves are a reality. Thanks for posting this. Paul On Nov 18, 2006, at 3:43 PM, Bob W wrote:
> Today has been a beautiful, clear, sharp, chilly day, so I went for a > trip round some of the villages on the Hoo Peninsular, a 30-minute > train ride to the East of Greenwich. > > This is one of the saddest sights: > > http://www.web-options.com/Hoo01-2.jpg > http://www.web-options.com/Hoo01.jpg > > They are the graves of babies from one family, in Cooling, a small > village in the marshes of North Kent. These graves are the setting of > the opening scene in Great Expectations, when Pip meets the convict > Magwitch. > > This picture is a notice inside the church, giving the names and ages > at death of the babies: > > http://www.web-options.com/Hoo01a.jpg > > Here is a more recent grave in the nearby village of Cliff. It shows > the expanse of the marshes behind, stretching to the Thames Estuary: > > http://www.web-options.com/Hoo03.jpg > > They are a tough breed of people, these Hooers. They eschew 4x4s, and > look down their noses at namby-pampy cyclists. Here is the pub car > park in Lower Higham. Note the blatant disregard for the No Parking > cones. > > http://www.web-options.com/Hoo02b.jpg > > > -- > Regards, > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
