Author Topic: Manchester General Cemetery On Winter Break until 2013 (Read 113138 times)

Cancan · « **Reply #432 on:** Friday 22 June 12 14:40 BST (UK) »

Sunday 24th June

Sadly once again the 'Groundwork Day' for Sunday is CANCELLED, is the weather ever going to get better for us?? Six weeks now!!! Missing our Sunday's!!!!

It's now the longest we've not been except over the winter break!!

Once again fingers crossed for next Sunday!!

Luckily all the hard work that has been done in the passed few months has meant that Transcribing is still continuing.

Fingers crossed for next week!!!

Cancan

Barbara.H · « **Reply #433 on:** Friday 22 June 12 16:41 BST (UK) »

Grass will be waist high by the time we get back!

Cancan · « **Reply #434 on:** Sunday 01 July 12 00:10 BST (UK) »

CANCELLED CANCELLED CANCELLED

Once again we are having to cancel!

Just watched the weather report for tomorrow on 3 different TV stations and each one gives a different prediction, but they are all mentioning Rain!!

So, once again fingers crossed for next Sunday and anything else we can cross to try and get a decent day to do some very needed digging.

I did have a drive down this afternoon and the area we are working is very sodden, as we've heard when we've been there befor,e we can hear the water in the ground running down the hill when it has been raining.

Cancan

Luzzu · « **Reply #435 on:** Sunday 01 July 12 13:33 BST (UK) »

Thank goodness we have plenty of transcribing to keep us going.

Whilst transcribing we have had an interesting but sad

find. A set of quadruplets, 3 boys and 1 girl. Sadly two of the babies died at 24 hours old, one at 36 hours and the last at 40 hours and they were buried together.

I was wondering whether quadruplets in the 1850's were unusual or whether we just never hear about them because they didn't survive.

Luzzu

cupidsarrow · « **Reply #436 on:** Tuesday 03 July 12 12:47 BST (UK) »

Hi
Dont think can make the 8th July,how regular will this be as could possible do the one after that. Its a really good idea and am sure will get lots of support!

Luzzu · « **Reply #437 on:** Tuesday 03 July 12 13:24 BST (UK) »

Hi Cupidsarrow,

Thanks for your vote of confidence. The project is going really well, much better than we ever thought it would when we started.

As to when we meet, it all depends on the weather and who is available but Cancan normally posts on this thread on a Saturday evening. Meets are on a Sunday morning from around 9.30 a.m./10.00 a.m.

Everyone is welcome. The more the merrier.

Luzzu

PS. If you haven't seen it already, this is our website:-

www.mgctp.moonfruit.com

Cancan · « **Reply #438 on:** Friday 06 July 12 22:35 BST (UK) »

CANCELLED CANCELLED Sunday 8th July CANCELLED CANCELLED

Well, keeping everything crossed hasn't helped!!

Sadly once again we are having to cancel the Ground Work Day for Sunday

Maybe we could sing the age old childhood song 'Rain Rain go away, come back another Day' or maybe in our fondest wish of the moment!!! Next Year!!!

All crossed again for next Sunday

Cancan

Cancan · « **Reply #439 on:** Monday 09 July 12 21:03 BST (UK) »

Email from Council today to say workmen going back this week after a break!!!

They were needed else where for a while!!

Hopefully if weather good this weekend we'll be going!!!

Cancan

Luzzu · « **Reply #440 on:** Monday 09 July 12 23:02 BST (UK) »

That's good news. Let's hope they leave them working at MGC for a while now so they can make some progress.

Luzzu

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