♥ GIRLS HORROR - I SEE DEAD PEOPLE
There is a story here in this isolated part of Jozi and I'm going to find out more about John McCibbin, how he died and the research he did.
Maybe ♥ Girl's right, old cemeteries can be dangerous, not frequented by mythical creatures of the night but by very real killers of the day who will take your life without the blink of an eye for a cell phone, a car, or anything of value.
Jozi is a violent place
ETA: Found the following with a Google search but nothing about John McCribbin:
"This cemetery was developed during 1887 and its first burial took place in 1888. It is one of my all time favourite cemeteries and I keep on being amazed at some of the discoveries I make there... If asked why I like it I think my reply would be: Braamfontein has soldiers from the Anglo Boer War, Rand Revolt, 1907 strike, WW1, WW2 and the border war in it, as well as a VC holder, the Foster gang, lots of the founders of Johannesburg, a Titanic survivor is mentioned in it, there are at least 4 Baronets, a cartoonist, Lord Kitcheners’ sister (or wife), Edgar Wallace's daughter, 6 Unknown Indian soldiers, the writer of our national anthem, a famous artist and her family, the 1896 Dynamite Explosion memorial, 3 conscientious objectors, a Muslim cemetery next to a Jewish cemetery, a famous poet, a family of stone masons who made many of the monuments in it, the founder of a pasta company, and a burgher from the Boer War. And those are just the things I can think about off the top of my head.
Sadly many of the inscriptions are totally illegible, and yet this cemetery reflects on the early history of the mining camp that grew up around it and became the city of Johannesburg. The Cemetery contains 77 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and 11 from the First World War, with roughly 400 Boer War graves within its walls."
http://www.allatsea.co.za/cems/braamfonteinmemorial.htm
Maybe ♥ Girl's right, old cemeteries can be dangerous, not frequented by mythical creatures of the night but by very real killers of the day who will take your life without the blink of an eye for a cell phone, a car, or anything of value.
Jozi is a violent place
ETA: Found the following with a Google search but nothing about John McCribbin:
"This cemetery was developed during 1887 and its first burial took place in 1888. It is one of my all time favourite cemeteries and I keep on being amazed at some of the discoveries I make there... If asked why I like it I think my reply would be: Braamfontein has soldiers from the Anglo Boer War, Rand Revolt, 1907 strike, WW1, WW2 and the border war in it, as well as a VC holder, the Foster gang, lots of the founders of Johannesburg, a Titanic survivor is mentioned in it, there are at least 4 Baronets, a cartoonist, Lord Kitcheners’ sister (or wife), Edgar Wallace's daughter, 6 Unknown Indian soldiers, the writer of our national anthem, a famous artist and her family, the 1896 Dynamite Explosion memorial, 3 conscientious objectors, a Muslim cemetery next to a Jewish cemetery, a famous poet, a family of stone masons who made many of the monuments in it, the founder of a pasta company, and a burgher from the Boer War. And those are just the things I can think about off the top of my head.
Sadly many of the inscriptions are totally illegible, and yet this cemetery reflects on the early history of the mining camp that grew up around it and became the city of Johannesburg. The Cemetery contains 77 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and 11 from the First World War, with roughly 400 Boer War graves within its walls."
http://www.allatsea.co.za/cems/braamfonteinmemorial.htm