Alison Spring

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Glasgow-ish based Qualified Genealogist @ RQG, specialising in Scottish research linktr.ee/scotsancestors
Speaker - see my talks listed at https://tinyurl.com/scotstalks

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#31DaysOfGraves #Humorous Osborne Henry Mavor was my cousin’s cousin, and a playwright known as James Bridie. He wrote comedies such as Dr Angelus, Mr Bolfry, and Jonah & The Whale. He was also a co-founder of the Citizens’ Theatre, Glasgow. He is buried in the city's Necropolis with his wife & son.

A plain gravestone with the inscription, "In memory of Osborne Henry Mavor James Bridie, playwright Born 3rd January 1888 Died 29th January 1951 And his son Lt. Robert Locke Bremner Mavor Lothian and Border Yeomanry Killed in Normandy 16th July 1944 And his wife Rona Locke Bremner Mavor Born 19th February 1897 Died 8th August 1985"
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#31DaysOfGraves #Home My father's parents moved the family to Skye in 1930 from the island of North Uist. They built a new house and it was the family home until the last occupant passed away. Trumpan Cemetery is their final resting place. It's a special place for me.

A pale brown gravestone set in a grassy cemetery has the inscription "In loving memory of our parents Donald MacLeod died 11.7.1940 aged 79 years and his wife Christina MacQuien died 5.7.1952 aged 81 years 2 Ardmore".Under a blue sky of puffy white clouds sits the roofless ruin of a stone-built church with only one gable remaining, photographed side on. It is the backdrop of this picture of a graveyard with eight well-spaced headstones, some of them dotted with lichen and moss.
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#31DaysOfGraves #Vehicle St Mary's Portchester in Hampshire, a lovely Norman church dating back to the 12th century. Some cousins are buried here although I couldn't find any stones for them. They were from a family that boasted a number of clerics, the Stories, originally from Paisley.

A blue sky backdrop for a red tile-roofed English church in the Norman style, surrounded by gravestones. By the lych gate is parked a dark coloured car.
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