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Started by phil w , Mar 07 2011 10:49 PM

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#651 Michelle Young

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Posted 27 June 2011 - 06:04 PM

Going to watch the cricket now, so will get this done tmorrow after work.

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#652 Michelle Young

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 01:49 PM

Ok, this cemetery should be recongisable for a few of you, it is an important one for me owing to an event that took place on July 4th 1988.

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 06:22 PM

About time this wonderful thread got zapped into Classics don't you think?

#654 David Faulder

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 06:36 PM

It started in Skindles!  Would that be a first?

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Posted 29 June 2011 - 05:59 AM

View PostAndrew Hesketh, on 28 June 2011 - 06:22 PM, said:

About time this wonderful thread got zapped into Classics don't you think?

I agree Andrew!
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#656 Tom Tulloch-Marshall

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Posted 29 June 2011 - 06:54 PM

Michelle - After five or six Ah yes, that might be ---- have fallen flat, I've come to the conclusion that it may be a photo montage. I'm expecting the expanded version to have a cricket pitch on one side and a scene from the IoM TT on the other  :whistle:

The date is not WW1 relevant ? (or is it).

A clue, perhaps ... or a bit more of it.

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Posted 30 June 2011 - 06:28 AM

I can never guess where I am, but I have learnt some interesting information from this thread.

Was your event in 1988, Michelle a wedding proposal?

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#658 Michelle Young

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Posted 30 June 2011 - 06:39 AM

Close Mandy, the wedding proposal was 1987!(But the wedding is relevant) The photo was taken 2 years ago tomorrow,on a foggy morning.

This should give it away now............

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Posted 30 June 2011 - 08:20 AM

I am thinking it is a small cemetery in Belgium, surrounded by a corn field?
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Posted 30 June 2011 - 10:15 AM

Mud Point Cemetery - Ploegstreet?

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Posted 30 June 2011 - 10:19 AM

Gordon Dump on the Somme?
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Posted 30 June 2011 - 11:55 AM

Michelle - Very good - Isnt it amazing how removing parts of an image can completely throw you (throw one !). My photo below looks like I was nearly standing in the same place as you were when you took yours.

I find this to be a rather "sad" cemetery, mainly because of the nature of the burials. It is very pretty though, and despite its position so close to the 1st July 1916 line it isnt overburdened by visitors.

The mystery now is what is the wedding connection ? - Did you have your wedding photos here - - honeymoon in the area  - he proposed here ???? - I'm sure I'm not the only one on tenterhooks !

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Posted 30 June 2011 - 12:17 PM

Sorry – its Fricourt New Military Cemetery. This is a view from another angle at a different time of year.

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#664 Michelle Young

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Posted 30 June 2011 - 01:03 PM

Spot on Tom, the photo attached shows my rather battered wedding flowers placed on the grave of an unknown soldier. We were married July 1st and the flowers got a bit knocked about in my rucksack (Not a good photo it rained 10 days out of the 14 of our Somme honeymoon, we were on a motorcycle BTW, and the camera wasn't a good one)

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Posted 30 June 2011 - 01:26 PM

View PostMichelle Young, on 30 June 2011 - 01:03 PM, said:

my rather battered wedding flowers placed on the grave of an unknown soldier.
Michelle

What a fantastic gesture! :thumbsup:

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Posted 30 June 2011 - 02:13 PM

I was there a few weeks ago. The stone memorial scroll on Victor Ratcliffe's grave is still there but I'm sorry to tell you, Michelle, that your wedding bouquet has not stood the test of time! :rolleyes:  

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Posted 30 June 2011 - 02:33 PM

The silk poppy has! We went back in October that year and found the remains of the bouquet in the gardners heap, and the poppy came home with us!

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Posted 30 June 2011 - 02:39 PM

Great  :lol:

World War One archaeology at its best. I am sure we all look forward to reading your report re context and stratification in due course!

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Posted 30 June 2011 - 02:56 PM

I am so enjoying these visits, with the personal interest and story :)
Leaving your wedding flowers on the grave of someone known unto God is a wonderful gesture, just love it.
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Posted 30 June 2011 - 06:52 PM

View PostAndrew Hesketh, on 28 June 2011 - 06:22 PM, said:

About time this wonderful thread got zapped into Classics don't you think?

Good thinking Mr H - off to Classics we go....

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Posted 30 June 2011 - 09:20 PM

As the instigator of this thread I would like to say how pleased I am that it has been deemed suitable for classic thread status. It has been very educational as well for me, I am always constantly amazed and astounded by the wealth of knowledge displayed by the members of this forum.

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Posted 30 June 2011 - 10:02 PM

View PostMichelle Young, on 30 June 2011 - 01:03 PM, said:

... it rained 10 days out of the 14 of our Somme honeymoon, ...

Michelle - Many years ago I realised that rain starting to hit the windcreen was the signal from above telling you that you were nearing the Pas de Calais / Somme border. You are in France - its raining - QED its the Somme. (It caused a problem in June 1916 as well). Nice touch with the flowers, by the way.

I'll try and post a follow-on which doesnt rely too much on visual recognition, but maybe a bit more on "clues" >

# CWGC cemetery on the western front.
# A significant British author said that it may possibly be the most beautiful CWGC cemetery on the front; in fact that if one was to visit just one cemetery from WW1 ....
# It was started by the Germans and completed by the IWGC.
# August ______ , the swimmer, is buried there.

Which cemetery is this ?

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Posted 30 June 2011 - 10:06 PM

Here's one that may even throw Sabine & all the other lovely forumites that live in the vicinity!

This is a 'When am I?'

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Good luck!

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Posted 01 July 2011 - 03:39 AM

View PostTom Tulloch-Marshall, on 30 June 2011 - 10:02 PM, said:

Michelle - Many years ago I realised that rain starting to hit the windcreen was the signal from above telling you that you were nearing the Pas de Calais / Somme border. You are in France - its raining - QED its the Somme. (It caused a problem in June 1916 as well). Nice touch with the flowers, by the way.

I'll try and post a follow-on which doesnt rely too much on visual recognition, but maybe a bit more on "clues" >

# CWGC cemetery on the western front.
# A significant British author said that it may possibly be the most beautiful CWGC cemetery on the front; in fact that if one was to visit just one cemetery from WW1 ....
# It was started by the Germans and completed by the IWGC.
# August ______ , the swimmer, is buried there.

Which cemetery is this ?

Tom is it Mons Cemetery by any chance?
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Posted 01 July 2011 - 07:17 AM

Tom, guessing St Symphorien.
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