Handsworth Cemetery Flooded Again

[jukebox]

Just came across this article. I hope something can be done to stop this happening again.

Handsworth Cemetery floods damage graves

It is the second time graves have flooded at Handsworth Cemetery since August, Conservatives say.

www.bbc.co.uk

P.S. I didn't intend this to be a political comment!

 

[Astoness]

oh this is sad news...i really do hope something can be done to stop this happening again...i have only been to handsworth once and that was in the late 60s ..i went with my best friend to put flowers on the grave of her 7 year old cousin who had drowned in the sea in wales on a family holiday in 67...so sad

lyn

 

[Pedrocut]

Remember a walk through the Cemetery in December 2005, the Mortuary Chapel is impressive...

Mortuary Chapel, Handsworth Cemetery, Grade I Listed Building - Staffordshire Walks, Sandwell Valley (2)

By Pedrocut. A place for lunch on a bench near the Mortuary Chapel, Handsworth Cemetery, Grade I Listed Building. britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101076218-mortuary-chapel-at-handsworth-cemetery-handswo…

www.ipernity.com

Grade I Listed Building...

Mortuary Chapel at Handsworth Cemetery, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham

Mortuary Chapel at Handsworth Cemetery is a Grade I listed building in Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, England. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building.

britishlistedbuildings.co.uk

 

[rosie]

This must be so distressing for relatives, such a shame. Did this area of the cemetery flood before? I think at Key Hill it was a tree that had broken an underground pipe which caused the flooding.
rosie.