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Overgrown tomb and gravestones are covered by ivy undergrowth in Nunhead Cemetery whose deceased occupants were important members of society from the industrial age. On the left is a memorial (‘With loving memory of Charlotte Catherine, the beloved wife ..”) including an angel figure that leans over at an angle, probably caused by tree roots or perhaps by vandalism during the 50s and 60s when this land was left open for youngsters to commit criminal damage to stonework and carvings. During the cemetery’s annual open day, there is an opportunity for the of the cemetery ‘Friends’ (society) to celebrate and educate Londoners, old and young, to help preserve and conserve this historic site.

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Image Size: 4096x2730 / 1.7MB; Nunhead cemetery urban city capital GB British English Europe EU Great Britain England UK London Victorian headstones buried historical history age era heritage past bygone landscape burial headstone maintenance maintained open day memorials memorial shrine death memory family social commemorate place location remembrance remember public tragedy grief mourning scene intimate loss culture practice habit tradition mortality final loved-one bereavement spiritual sadness sad love sorrow fate Gothic graves angel architectural architecture inscription religion Christian society gravestone falling tilted overgrown ivy derelict abandoned angle undergrowth humanity resting place
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Overgrown tomb and gravestones are covered by ivy undergrowth in Nunhead Cemetery whose deceased occupants were important members of society from the industrial age. On the left is a memorial (‘With loving memory of Charlotte Catherine, the beloved wife ..”) including an angel figure that leans over at an angle, probably caused by tree roots or perhaps by vandalism during the 50s and 60s when this land was left open for youngsters to commit criminal damage to stonework and carvings. During the cemetery’s annual open day, there is an opportunity for the of the cemetery ‘Friends’ (society) to celebrate and educate Londoners, old and young, to help preserve and conserve this historic site.