Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1092004)

Today in Pictures, a walk on the wet side again, this time in Padiham.

1. The River Calder as it whooshes through Padiham.
2. The weir just before the bridge.
3. Crossing over the river before going along the Greenway.
4 Have you met our Ivy.
5. Once a busy railway line, now the Greenway.
6. We've just received a telegram, the stage out of Dodge City will be late.
7. Haven't time for a sit down just yet.
8. Bridge that took the railway over a tributary to the Calder.
9. The sun was going down, time for the car.



10. I took the time for that sit down I had promised myself, not knowing this memorial was here and noticing that the flowers had just been placed there. I didn't know at the time what it was about, and even if I had it was lost in time for me. I used Mr Goggle to find out what this quiet corner was all about, and it filled me with sadness. So whenever I am having a crap day, it is nothing compared to this tragedy. I don't know why I ended up sat on that seat today I can only speculate, but to the people involved, even with the passage of time you still remember....you have my deepest sympathies.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1092131)

Today in Pictures, a bit of a self indulgent mooch today.

1. My first snowdrops.
2. Bit of a mooch along the river bank.
3. The next port of call.
4. By the lynch gate.
5. The best and grandest eternal resting places were always close to the main walk to the church, so the congregation noticed them when going to worship, the poorer people were the furthest away with the smallest headstones. Know your place, even in death.
6. This is a bit of a oddity, more of an Obit you would put in the paper, not on a headstone.
7. The side that overlooks the river.
8. It is recorded that there is only one Canadian service man interred in the cemetery,Able seaman H. Broadley R.C.N.V.R. (21) 1st November 1944.
9.Then I found this. E.Arnold Burton (25) 2nd Battalion 1st Canadian Contingent 13th June 1916, killed Zillebek Nr. Ypres. It may be that he is memorialised on the headstone and interred elsewhere, but it doesn't make it clear.
10. I could spend a lot longer here, and I will in the future, but for now the light is going and its raining.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1092131)

Today in Pictures, a bit of a self indulgent mooch today.

1. My first snowdrops.
2. Bit of a mooch along the river bank.
3. The next port of call.
4. By the lynch gate.
5. The best and grandest eternal resting places were always close to the main walk to the church, so the congregation noticed them when going to worship, the poorer people were the furthest away with the smallest headstones. Know your place, even in death.
6. This is a bit of a oddity, more of an Obit you would put in the paper, not on a headstone.
7. The side that overlooks the river.
8. It is recorded that there is only one Canadian service man interred in the cemetery,Able seaman H. Broadley R.C.N.V.R. (21) 1st November 1944.
9.Then I found this. E.Arnold Burton (25) 2nd Battalion 1st Canadian Contingent 13th June 1916, killed Zillebek Nr. Ypres. It may be that he is memorialised on the headstone and interred elsewhere, but it doesn't make it clear.
10. I could spend a lot longer here, and I will in the future, but for now the light is going and its raining.

Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 1092143)

Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 1092147)

Edward was the son of the late Edward & Ann Burton of 30 Rock Mount. He emigrated to Canada before the war, he enlisted on Dec 3rd 1914, he gave his next of kin as his mother Ann. The name could have been added by a relative after his mother died.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1092150)

I sort of guessed that might be the case, so it makes the claim that only one Canadian is in fact buried there, correct.
That poses another question, why is a Canadian buried in the cemetery, and not repatriated.

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1092131)

Today in Pictures, a bit of a self indulgent mooch today.

8. It is recorded that there is only one Canadian service man interred in the cemetery,Able seaman H. Broadley R.C.N.V.R. (21) 1st November 1944.

Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 1092215)

Originally Posted by davemac (Post 1092252)

Nothing today due to a lot of hithering and thithering, however a couple I took last year and have been experimenting with in Paintshop Pro, not just how I want them yet, but..............................its part of my learning curve.