Everything in Dickens is true. -- Bob
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul Stenquist > Sent: 18 November 2006 22:52 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Pip's graves > > 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 > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
