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Written by Nicholas Chilton
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Mar 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM |
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The Annual General Meeting of the Friends will be held on Saturday 25th April at the Thackray Museum. Seconded nominations are welcome for the roles of Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and committee. It will follow the same format as previous years with Alun Pugh leading a half hour walk round the Cemetery at 1.30pm, followed by the meeting at 2.15pm. It will finish with a talk entitled “ From Battlefield to Beckett Street: Pte Herbert Middleton of 10th West Yorkshire Regiment” and will be given by Dave Stowe, who provided us with an outline of the talk: |
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Written by Nicholas Chilton
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Feb 18, 2009 at 05:12 PM |
 'To Prove I’m Not Forgot’: Living and Dying in a Victorian City by Sylvia Barnard, is a significant piece of writing, which has been out of print for several years. We are delighted therefore, to announce that the book has finally been re-published after many months of negotiation. Using people buried in Beckett Street Cemetery as its basis, the well-researched book ranges through Victorian attitudes to law and order, religious feuds, education and children. Publishers The History Press are offering copies to the Friends at the special price until the end of March, details were send to members with the Spring Newsletter with contact details to enable members to order copies direct. |
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Thomas Crawshaw Commemoration |
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Written by Nicholas Chilton
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Jan 30, 2009 at 12:00 AM |
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On 15th November 1858, Thomas Crawshaw was buried in an unmarked grave in Beckett Street Cemetery. Thomas had been the last of the Leeds Waits, a small group of civic musicians. The role had been in use since the 15th century but in the mid-1820’s, their services were deemed to be too expensive to the taxpayers and the Waits were disbanded. Thomas never found employment enough to pay his way and he died a pauper. |
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