YOUTUBE HYDE PARK PET CEMETERY VLOG NOW LIVE!

  My YouTube Hyde Park Pet Cemetery vlog is now live!

 

Link:-

https://youtu.be/mP_XO8Y0QDE

The only way it was possible to enter the Pet Cemetery section of Hyde Park was via one of their Hidden Stories of Hyde Park tours, so I duly paid and signed up.

The Pet Cemetery was opened in 1881.  Mr Winbridge was the gatekeeper and he began burying dogs in the garden, starting with a Maltese Terrier called Cherry, whose owners were friends of the gatekeeper and who used to visit the park frequently.  The second dog to be interred here was Prince, who was owned by Sarah Fairbrother, an actress who called herself Louisa and who was married (illegally) to HRH Prince George of Cambridge.  From then on a trend was started, and the cemetery became the place for the fashionable members of society who lived near the park to bury their much-loved pets.  Mr Winbridge carried out the interments  (usually alone, as the owners were often too distressed to attend), placing the deceased animals in canvas bags, which he then sewed up, before burying them.  There are several birds buried here, and at least one monkey. 

Come and take a walk in my shoes and I'll tell you a bit about this Lilliputian graveyard, which George Orwell called 'the most horrible spectacle in London'.  Some of the animals had "human" names, and some pet names, such as Tippo, Butcha, Moussoo and Chips.  But Smut, Phisto, Titsy, Drag and Scum?  I pity those poor animals, and I also pity Balu, who was allegedly murdered!  

As you know, first and foremost I am a writer, and I have also blogged about Hyde Park Pet Cemetery, link:-

https://elainerockett.blogspot.com/2020/02/miss-elaineous-does-hidden-secrets-of.html

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YOUTUBE EDITH AND PERCY THOMPSON'S GRAVES VLOG NOW LIVE!

 My YouTube Edith and Percy Thompson's graves vlog is now live!

Link:-

https://youtu.be/lDscWGhS5B4

Edith Thompson was a stylish and vivacious young woman, who was married to Percy Thompson but conducting a passionate affair with Frederick Bywaters. Late one night during October 1922, Edith and Percy were walking home from Ilford station after an evening at the theatre in London, when Percy was ambushed and stabbed to death by Freddie.

Even though Freddie insisted that the murder was nothing to do with Edith, both were convicted of Percy's murder and sentenced to death. Edith was convicted under the grounds of common purpose; whereby if more than one individual plots someone's murder, but only one carries the act out, then they are equally culpable. The police were in possession of many letters Edith- a clever wordsmith- had crafted to Freddie. In them, she had mentioned killing her husband, and this was to prove her downfall. Both Edith and Freddie were hanged on 9^th January 1923. Was Edith- an upwardly mobile and thoroughly modern woman- convicted by the morality of the time, and for daring to step out of her class?

Come and take a walk in my shoes and I'll tell you a bit about this sad case. We'll walk past Edith's childhood home in Manor Park, East London, then visit the crime scene only a couple of miles away. We'll also go and find both Percy's and Edith's graves in the City of London Cemetery- bearing in mind that Percy had been exhumed and reburied once, and Edith twice.

As you know, first and foremost I am a writer, so do check out some of my tourist attraction blogs. I can be a touch macabre, and have visited several graveyards and cemeteries. Use the search bar to hunt for the relevant posts.

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