The Fairlands Cemetery.
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I only spotted this cemetery by accident one day on my way home from work. It is situated on the corner of Still and Johannes Street. Apparently the cemetery is closed for new burials but selected graves can be opened or re-opened on request.
The real puzzler in the Fairlands cemetery area is found on the bend of Still Str, behind a very battered palisade fence. Again I ride past it every day and I often wondered whether it wasn't a cememtery too. I stopped there to have a look and discovered that it was, albeit a very delapidated one and in dire need of attention. I wonder if there is any record of who was buried here? About a month after my visit, the fence was repaired, and after doing some digging I found that a register does exist for the Fairlands Cemetery, and it should hold the names of the people buried here too.
©DR Walker. 1995-2008
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