Thursday, June 08, 2006
More About St mary Extra
As a result of the walk we took around the churchyard to take pictures we were very aware of the need for some serious bramble and weed removal. After meeting with the Vicar we volunteered ourselves as gravestone clearers and we got the feeling that our offer of help was greatly appreciated.
Both Mara and I love the area, our sitting room and bedroom look out on the green and the church and the churchyard are integral to our daily lives - we could hardly wish for a greener outlook so near to the City. So putting something back seems to us to be only fair.
The church has an interesting history, including a memorial to Richard Parker the cabin boy from Itchen Village who in 1884 was shipwrecked on an unseaworthy yacht. Cast adrift a 1000 miles from land the survivors died one by one and those that survived did so by eating the cabin boy. You can read about this shocking story in The Custom of the Sea by Neil Hanson, published in the UK by Corgi Books.
There are always flowers of some sort at the memorial - currently there are artificial red roses.
You can read the history of St Mary Extra here
Both Mara and I love the area, our sitting room and bedroom look out on the green and the church and the churchyard are integral to our daily lives - we could hardly wish for a greener outlook so near to the City. So putting something back seems to us to be only fair.
The church has an interesting history, including a memorial to Richard Parker the cabin boy from Itchen Village who in 1884 was shipwrecked on an unseaworthy yacht. Cast adrift a 1000 miles from land the survivors died one by one and those that survived did so by eating the cabin boy. You can read about this shocking story in The Custom of the Sea by Neil Hanson, published in the UK by Corgi Books.
There are always flowers of some sort at the memorial - currently there are artificial red roses.
You can read the history of St Mary Extra here
