tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4431189593918564945.post3814017107315957781..comments2024-03-26T05:58:23.271+02:00Comments on Port Elizabeth Daily Photo: South End Cemetery gravesFirefly the Travel Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03278794823093520621noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4431189593918564945.post-69728786250016267982020-07-27T16:55:19.875+02:002020-07-27T16:55:19.875+02:00Would like to find out more on the abandoned grave...Would like to find out more on the abandoned grave site next to the fenced South end cemetery Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00202313561065938890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4431189593918564945.post-46808742408553562652015-01-27T15:28:15.525+02:002015-01-27T15:28:15.525+02:00We have more in common than I knew, Jonker. I also...We have more in common than I knew, Jonker. I also love graveyards. In my book A Walk in the Park I wrote about the little graveyard in the Knysna forest near where the goldfields used to be. At least 20 children under 10 years old are buried there, the tiny mounds unmarked. An information board tells the story of Esther Amelia Graham, who used to sew pinafores for her daughters and grow honeysuckle and dahlias in her garden. In the late 1880s, she had a breast removed with cancer and returned to Millwood to look after her family. By 1891, the town was dying and the Grahams packed up their belongings, preparing to say their goodbyes the next morning. But Esther, only 34, died during the night and is buried in Millwood graveyard, her headstone now covered in mould and mildew. It's such a sad story of shattered dreams...roxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08679192035515332860noreply@blogger.com