Going away for a few days

[Kaz]

That really is, Osc

[Ally]

Weka, Cobh is a place in Co. Cork - the Titanic left from there on its fateful first and last journey. It's a very historic place and was a British naval port for many years. Here's a little information about it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobh

If you look at the first picture on that page - move over left from the cathedral past the row of grey buildings to the first freestanding white building, and my brother lives in a flat on the top floor of that building with absolutely incredible views. My FB friends will have seen the photos I took yesterday morning as a cruise ship came in, we knew it was due and I woke around 5.20am thinking I could hear a tug going by. At 5.30am we could see the ship just coming past Roche's Point and it took almost 30 minutes to come in and moor up - we were at the open window photographing all the time, and trying not to wake my brother in the next room It was a lovely sight starting with the pink sky of early dawn and then almost full daylight by the time it was finished.

On Saturday, we walked to the Old Church Cemetery where some of the victims of the sinking of the Lusitania are buried, that was very interesting as there were lots of other graves of people who had died in shipping incidents and accidents and also the grave of Jack Doyle who was a boxer in the 1930s and known as the Gorgeous Gael, in later years he was a singer and a huge celebrity in his day - however he was also a drunk, and died destitute in London in 1978 when some generous benefactor brought him home to be buried in his native Cobh.

I was out for lunch today with a friend who told me that her grandfather had died on the Lusitania, isn't that a coincidence!

This post was really interesting Osc.

[Diflower]

Oh I've heard about Jack Doyle, how interesting Osc.
I like wandering around cemeteries, not necessarily any well-known names, just imagining the lives they've left behind.

[Osc]

By the way that should be move over right from the cathedral in the picture, sometimes I get muddled between left and right

[JoM]

What a fabulous place to live Osc!

Di, I find cemeteries fascinating too. I made John and the boys walk around the Hollywood Forever one in Hollywood. The graves weren't all well-known people, and those belonging to non-celebrities were often more ornate.

[Weka]

Thanks for that Osc, that's really interesting. I thought it must have been right.

[Weka]

I've had some time to do some digging tonight, and it turns out our Cobb n co is founded by freeman Cobb, an American. So it doesn't have it's origins anywhere near where I thought it might have.