Thank s Tom I really enjoyed that with my afternoon coffee and some home made the cake I really loved the little stories about the graves. I remember my family buying Inglis bread many years ago :)

@TomMcClean

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Shaun, Oh yes we bought Inglis too off the bread van who would call at our house. This was a compilation of a whole lot of videos shot a few years back. I must get up to BCC again. I hear they are making great efforts to make it into a super visitor attraction for people like us interested in history. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.

I watched both this and the Milltown vid. Many thanks for both as they are very interesting. Next time I’m over in Belfast i will try and tour both cemeteries as the history is fascinating. Best wishes from Wales

@TomMcClean

6 ай бұрын

Hi Stuart. Belfast City Cemetery is full of history. There is a new visitor's centre too. Milltown has a lot of WW2 soldiers ( many are Polish ) and IRA men remembered. They are both worth a visit and they are so close together. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.

Very interesting Tom. I must pay a visit the next time i'm home. I used to live next to the wee Knock Cemetery on top of the hill, off the Knock Carriageway. Loved wandering around in there.

@TomMcClean

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Raymond, Yes it is a fascinating place. So many stories, history and strange headstones with strange inscriptions. I know the ancient Knock cemetery well and have managed to get into it. It is always locked up to stop the vandals and drinkers wrecking it. Here's my video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/n6R72Nd6hMLFaJs.html I Get into the Old Cemetery at Knock Belfast 1644

Found this fascinating. I thought I knew N.I well, you keep proving me wrong lol. This is definitely on my To do list now. Ps, between me and you i have watched a video recently of a fella who does a great job of clearing Ivy from walls. Maybe the right man to clean up The Egyptian Grave. Lol. .

@TomMcClean

2 жыл бұрын

Hey many thanks for the encouragement Trevor. BCC is an outdoor museum of local history. You do have to know where to look and how to look and you have got to have the interest too. The cemetery guide/noticeboards and the Peter McCabe book of trails are great tools to help you get going and get on track. A lot of the stuff though, I just stumbled across. The local guys walking their dogs are a good source of information too! There is so much there to see. I reckon I have had enough of ivy to last me a while though! lol Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.

Love all your cemetery videos, Tom. This is one of my favourite cemeteries in any area I could spend all day walking around it. Although unfortunately there's quite a lot of vandalism in it as some young hooligans think it's a good drinking spot.

@TomMcClean

2 жыл бұрын

This cemetery is a vast repository of stories and history Clayton. It is being refurbished as I type with over £2 million being spent. I must get back and see what they are doing. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.

@Heo7850

2 жыл бұрын

@@TomMcClean I'm very glad to hear that such a place of history deserves a refurbishment... Would you ever consider doing another video on Knock Burial Ground? I really enjoyed your last video on it and it's one of the most ancient sites in Belfast.

@TomMcClean

2 жыл бұрын

Yes that might be on the cards clayton. A fascinating spot. I wasn't prepared the last visit. U should have done a lot more research. This time I will not leave it to chance and bluff. I'll need to find out how to get in as my mate Pater had the key that got me in that day.

Well Tom when I spotted this on my tablet I thought there is only one thing to do to get the feel of this video and that was to watch it on tv, absolutely brilliant 40 mins was too short LOL, I was completely drawn in. I don't know if you spotted the name of Flight Engineer Sgt John Frederick Nelson R.A.F.U.R. aged 21 year's of Belfast on the info I sent about the Halifax crash at Garrowby hill nr York, because he is buried in that cemetery. The other name that caught my attention was that of Gustavus Heyn and I thought I had come across this name before, in actual fact I had got him mixed up with Gustavus Wolff of H/W,but when I delved further into his life he came over to Ireland from Danzig, he lodged with a Captain William Pirrie who happens to be the Grandfather of Lord William James Pirrie of H/W. He eventually married Captain pirrie's daughter Lettia Agness Pirrie in 1830 and became a director of the Belfast Harbour Commissoners for 8 years he then went into shipping around 1850. Forgive me Tom if you all ready knew all this but i found it so interesting how he became related to the Pirrie family. The two Lusitania graves that you filmed brought back memories for me as I knew and met regularly Captain Turner's niece Mrs Hylda Bromley a loverly lady who had a distinguished career during WW2. One of the rescue ship's that went to the Lusitania site was a fishing vessle called Bempton. It's so amazing how event's connect Tom and this video brings it all back so so interesting and a must to visit another FIRST Tom well done.

@TomMcClean

2 жыл бұрын

Good man Chris! You are such an encouragement! I need to go back to the city Cemetery. they are doing a big refurbishment as I type and making it even more visitor friendly. Yes I did notice that young Belfast lad and I said to myself what was he doing in a Halifax over there1 I also noted the Pirrie marriages too. In all all my investigations you do note just how many of these top people married into other top people families. Thus they often kept the land/industry in the family line and added to it. You can see how it all worked and was probably planned out by the family matriarchs that so and so would make a good match for our son/daughter. And the obvious thing to do was run a ball or a big dinner and invite whoever all the 'eligibles' to be in the party! lol Wow you met this lady Mrs Hylda Bromley. You are well connected! Yes so many stories are so interconnected. We all know a friend of a friend......etc As said in my notes I'm afraid you don't venture into the cemetery at night. It is often used as a drinking/druggie den.

Very entertaining and informative, thank you for sharing your considerable knowledge.

@TomMcClean

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks David. There is so much fascinating local history to be found there. My tour guide, friend Peter McCabe was very helpful on the day he was with me. I also bumped into a few interested local guys too and they were delighted to show me their 'favourite' graves. I'm afraid it was a bit windy on some of the days I was filming. Thanks for your encouragement. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.

Was this filmed in Autumn? I must visit next time I'm over. Fascinating

@TomMcClean

2 жыл бұрын

Hi TT. This was a compilation of a whole lot of videos shot a few years back. I know that the cemetery is getting a big make over to make it visitor friendly to history buffs like us. So I must return to see what is happening. It is an endlessly fascinating place. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.

@Tip_Top

2 жыл бұрын

@@TomMcClean One of the shots looked very autumnal, and I thought it would be nice to go there for a Halloween walk. Thanks for all the info!

Sad the grave of Berkley Dean Wise. Railway engineer and designer of the Blackhead and Gobbins path was not mentioned on the board. They also spelt Thomas Gallahers name wrong.

@TomMcClean

2 жыл бұрын

I had heard of Berkley Dean Wise. Interesting about the spelling mistake.

Big difference here from Milltown across the road which looks more like a landfill.

@TomMcClean

Жыл бұрын

Hi MC. I've been in both cemeteries doing walk round videos and apart from a bit of graffiti on some of the the outer nearby building edges I didn't notice anything like a landfill. Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills.