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Gonebutnot forgotten: Grew up on Montrose Avenue across from Most Holy Trinity Church. What a beautiful church. Always reminded me of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Had cousins who went to school there and remember walking to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Lucifer: Fred is a likeable rogue, always drunk but more often than not he is polite with it. He likes women with large breasts who he refers to as Dolly Parton. I worked with him in......

in response to: Dancing Fred by clarky

upfromflames: historically yes, but currently, no--according to the boundaries of Community Board 4 Bushwick stops at Flushing on the North... Broadway on the West... Wyckoff (roughly) on the East... MostHoly Trinity Cemetery on the South... So where you are talking......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: t'aint so, my friend. Though, he did ramble round these parts back in the day, part of the F & R gang. He is buried in St. John's Cemetery, on the other side of the......

in response to: Rust and Remembrance: Walking Bushwick\'s Fringe by upfromflames

YoYo: I'll never forget coming upon this cemetery as a child with my brother. While exploring Prospect park we just happen to come across it. We were in awe. My brother and I tried to climb......

in response to: Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park by sine

Kelly: Did yall see the story about Brooklyn Geist on Curbed? apparently theres some all girl ghost hunting group that got EVP recordings from this cemetery, weird stuff....

in response to: Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park by sine

Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril et al, The middle semi's where cleared and left vacant for a few years then I believe a clinic or doctors surgery was built in their place, don't know if this still stands......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Alan: I hope you like the Oh Fred sketch as it reminds when we played in the old cemetery near the Broadway estate houses...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi everyone, I'm flitting between two sites here and loving all the reminiscing... I attended the Wesleyan Methodist Church as a kid (my parents married there and we were all christened there)and thought it was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Janet .Witcomb(nee Sutton): To add to the info. from my sister Jenny Foster. .we lived at 48 Harewood Road. I went to Eccles Grammar School in 1952. I also attended St Johns Sunday School . Does anyone rember......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Jenny Foster(nee Sutton): MY GRANDAD SUTTON AND UNCLE JACK SUTTON LIVED IN VICTORIA ROAD FOR MANY YEARS.HE FARMED THE LAND NEAR THE CEMETERY AND DOWN TO THE RIVER.ALSO SOLD COAL ;FIRST WITH A SHIRE HORSE,THEN IN THE EARLY......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Dev Ramdas: I trained at Netherne as a psychiatric nurse from 1979 to 1981 and did not know anything about the cemetery. It was a nice place to work and I have some fantastic memories of my......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Dark: What's the area like around schaefer st., near Wilson Ave. like? I believe it's right near the cemetery and the Wilson Ave. L station. Any info would be a big help....

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

misty: I like the pics they are awsome.I agree you should get some of the morgue,I love anything that involves paranormal or haunted this would be a cool place to go.How ever here in salem oregon where......

in response to: Haverford State Hospital by Nairi

Elicar: In Flanders Fields By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still......

in response to: Lest We Forget by Michelle

anon (host86-154-59-8.range86-154.btcentralplus.com): There was a similar (but less successful) station at King's Cross, Serving the Great Northern London Cemetery. See M C Dawes: "The End of the Line" (ISBN 0-9513342-5-5)...

in response to: The London Necropolis Railway by TBCS

Rural Cemetery Movements: How tragic. well done....

in response to: It Isn\'t Easy Being Green by GGP

Rex Statham: Just read your article but something is not quite correct. The Brookwood cemetery is on the up side of the main railwayline( traveling towards Southampton is the down side) It is correct that a funeral......

in response to: The London Necropolis Railway by TBCS

Frank: For the record, there are two entrances open on Sundays. One is at the south end of Mokom Sholom cemetery (the western strip) and the other is at the north end of Acacia cemetery......

in response to: Bayside Cemetary: Rememberance Overgrown by CartLegger

Anthony: The overgrown condition is not the only problem. Many of the crypts have been broken into. I went for a walk in the cemetery about 3 years back and I found a crypt with the......

in response to: Bayside Cemetary: Rememberance Overgrown by CartLegger

anon (cache-ntc-ab09.proxy.aol.com): I just found out last night that my great grandfather, and his sister, were buried in this cemetery in 1891. Fascinating to find your haunting photograhs!...

in response to: Bayside Cemetary: Rememberance Overgrown by CartLegger

CartLegger: Do you mean the center strip of the cemetery as viewed from google maps? On the ground, in the bush, this thing has no center. It is all sprawl. It is **huge**, going on for unknown......

in response to: Bayside Cemetary: Rememberance Overgrown by CartLegger

colavitos ghost: what's this cemetery called?...

in response to: Rust and Rememberance by CartLegger

Me: The cemetery in Prospect Park has been used for decades by devil worshipers. When I was a kid, a few friends & I found dead chickens & voodoo dolls in this cemetery. We would......

in response to: Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park by sine

Oengus: Lakeview is a very cool cemetery; in the spring it has an incredible display of daffodils. ...

in response to: The Heights by joey

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

ROBERT: I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM PROSPECT PARK AND WAS JUST WATCHING MONTY CLIFT BIOGRAPHY AND IT MENTIONED THE CEMETERY. WAS MY PARTNER AND I SHOCKED AND HAPPY CLIFT IS NEAR US. I WISH I......

in response to: Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park by sine

colavitos ghost: the rest of the cemetery is quite lovely as well. buried here, along with garfield, are some of cleveland's most prominent figures. most notably, perhaps, is the towering obelisk at the gravesite of......

in response to: The Heights by joey

joey: this cemetery, near piedmont ave. and pleasant valley road in oakland, is located on some primo real estate, but it's filled with tombstones not houses. the adjoining neighborhoods are where some rich folk live. one......

in response to: Permanent View by joey

Kato: I've allowed my master to respond. I would love the book, he's one of my heroes but don't send the funny stamps. Pendlebury was a chief archaeologist researching Knossos and other important sites on Crete.......

in response to: Mr Pendlebury Takes a Trip by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peggy: To Barbara Wagoner I too have relatives buried in Prospect. First you need to call Friends in Manhattan and make an appointment with them to have someone meet you at the cemetery. When you......

in response to: Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park by sine

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Do you know if the air raid shelters on Fairhills road on the way to quicksave( near Jezzes) are still there. They were on the bend as you round the corner to Quicksave and......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: Mel Blanc - the closest I ever came to having a Messiah. Rest well, dear friend, you worked hard and deserve a happy eternity. Picture if you will, for a minute, the residents of this cemetery......

in response to: Forever Hollywood by kc

EvilGentleman: chiamatt, by any chance, are you in advertising? You seem pretty adamant about this. I am just stating my opinion, and explaining why this will affect my decision as to where I spend my gas......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

john higginsi wonder if the : iwonder if any of an old dutch family named drake are buried in this cemetery ...

in response to: Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park by sine

EvilGentleman: For you, jack... [[img:9393]] The white markers are the actual graves of the 7th Cavalry soldiers, who were buried where they fell. The marker with the black shield is where General Custer died, but he was buried......

in response to: Rattlesnake Dilemma by EvilGentleman

Greg: i one time took lsd in this cemetery. my girlfriend and i. we were trippin'....

in response to: close-up of the escaped angel by joey

GGP: makes me think of the famed Women's Pentagon Action demo way back when (in 1980): "Four huge female puppets created by Bread and Puppet Theatre led some 2,000 women in a march past Arlington Cemetery to......

in response to: Wholesome Urban Graffiti by groovehouse

Gravedigger?: My fondest memory of Bushwick goes back to 1972. My dad and I went to Most Holy Trinity Cemetery on Central Ave to see my grandprents grave. A coupel of guys tried robbing us inside......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

GGP: I was standing in Green-wood cemetery, under a cloud street. [[img:6091]]...

in response to: Sunset Topiary by joey

Moebius Rex: dunno if this is a biiig deal, but it looks like the photos for this post were grabbed from a page of the Brookwood Cemetery Society website ([[http://www.tbcs.org.uk/railway.htm]]), while the text was swiped either from......

in response to: The London Necropolis Railway by TBCS

Hectop: Ok, a bit of correction here from someone who lived on Bay Parkway @ 65th Street for 14 years: Washington Cemetery is quite far from Avenue X, actually between avenues J & M, split by......

in response to: Graveyard Train by Peter

GGP: here in bklyn, there are some "wild" parrots that escaped a truck or something years ago. they nest in the Greenwood Cemetery and at Brooklyn College. amazing they survive the winters here, but they do....

in response to: spring migrations by GGP

GGP: here in bklyn, there are some "wild" parrots that escaped a truck or something years ago. they nest in the Greenwood Cemetery and at Brooklyn College. amazing they survive the winters here, but they do....

in response to: spring migrations by GGP

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