Who would have thought that a former pupil of Bedford Grammar School might become a spiritualist medium, exponent of levitation, and a founder of the Society of Psychical Research? Perhaps he was a charlatan, but...
Another sunny Sunday afternoon at Foster Hill Road Cemetery, and another big group of visitors. There was around 60 people (plus three small dogs), joining in with our contribution to the Bedfordshire Walking Festival. The...
Pearl Clareta Thomson was born on 1st June 1917, in Portland on the island of Jamaica. She was an intelligent girl, but just as important was her natural ability to communicate with others. She had...
This week, after months of hard work and planning, it wasn't just the temperature that broke records at the Cemetery. Record numbers of visitors joined in with 2 walks, highlighting the lives of 13 inspirational,...
It can sometimes be an emotional experience, being at a graveside and reading the words on a stone that has no emotions; the memorial of a young child, or someone who was “accidentally killed” can...
Mabel Andrews was born in 1866, into a conventional middle-class London Victorian family, but one with some connections in the literary world, and who became very much steeped in the Anglicanism of the day.
Ellen Frederica Oliver was born on 16th July 1870 in Guernsey, one of nine children. Her background was perhaps a common one for middle-class women who became interested in equality for women. Both her parents...
The 6th February 2018 marked 100 years since the Representation of the People Act was passed in Britain, giving (some) women the right to vote. To mark the 100 Years of Suffrage centenary, a host...
Amongst the residents of Foster Hill Road Cemetery is someone whose followers were convinced was the Daughter of God. Yes, the Daughter of God lived in Bedford, at least as far as the members of...
Why cemeteries? Well, I guess that when you get older your memory harks back to things you found interesting when you were young. In my case, I remember that when I was about ten my...