28/04/2024
Hi Everyone. I Apologise for not being able to answer your messages. Over the last month my mothers health has deteriorated and last Sunday she left us after a full life attaining the age of 90.
I do these pages covering 9 local cemeteries for free. Im more than happy to send photos Ive taken to whoever wants them and I dont ask for anything for them.
My mother over the last 6 years has been given the best end of life care anyone can wish for at The St Margaret of Scotland Hospice in Clydebank.
The hospice is one third NHS funded and two thirds a charity. The cost of living crisis across all hospices in the UK, coupled with rising costs means that some of the bedrooms remain empty. People who badly require this kind of care cannot get access to it due to funding issues.
Please, no matter how small, could you please give whatever you can to this tremendous charity so that other people can receive the superb care that was afforded to my mother.
Thank you
Chris
ps...be aware of the extortionate donation rate Just Giving try to add to your donation. It can be adjusted before you commit.
Christopher's fundraiser for St Margaret of Scotland Hospice
Help Christopher McKay raise money to support St Margaret of Scotland Hospice
10/03/2021
New Kilpatrick Cemetery: My grandmother in Airdrie Nut & Bolt works during ww1. You can animate your old photos for free on this website
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16/10/2020
https://www.facebook.com/Strathblane-Churchyard-102540974976518/
My next project once Auld Aisle is complete.
Strathblane Churchyard
Photographing headstones and transcribing the information on them for future generations.
25/12/2019
Merry Christmas to you and your families, wishing you a peaceful and prosperous 2020.
11/05/2019
Buried in the cemetery are the ashes of James Stirrat Topping Kennedy (45). Thanks to the information from Mark Green here is a link to the story of James and his untimely death at the hands of bank robbers.....
http://www.vconline.org.uk/james-s-t-kennedy-gc/4589263865
31/01/2019
An interesting article in the Herald from a couple of months ago....
Dead brilliant: why Scotland's hidden cemeteries are sparking a tourism boom
They may be eerie and a little creepy, but Scotland’s often forgotten graveyards are at the centre of a new tourism boom. Sandra Dick investigates
25/12/2018
Merry Christmas to you and your families. Chris
24/12/2017
Merry Christmas to you all. Chris
01/08/2017
New Kilpatrick Cemetery:
I'm about to make a start on this one as well. It was the predecessor for this cemetery....
https://www.facebook.com/New-Kilpatrick-Churchyard-107233376631243/
New Kilpatrick Churchyard
Headstone photographs and searchable database of all stones in the cemetery
31/07/2017
Alexander Smith (20) killed at Passchendaele in November 1917