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Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Perfumer of Edinburgh

William Raeburn 1785

To Memory

of William Raeburn

Perfumer Edinburgh,

who died 24th March 1812

Aged 60 Years

Erected

James Raeburn

Perfumer Edinburgh

On a recent trip to Scotland we visited the Old Calton Burial Ground in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1718 it became a place of interment for the local artisans and tradesmen of the Burgh of Calton, but later became popular and many eminent literary, scientific and artistic figures were also buried here.
Although it is well cared for and tended now, it must have fallen into decline over the years as most of the mausoleums are now simply shells of their former glory.

To commemorate that this blog has now had 100,00 readers, I would like to dedicate this post to those who heroically gave their lives in the selfless act of attempting to save others.

Not far from St.Paul's Cathedral is a quiet little place called Postman's Park. I had wanted to visit this relatively little known memorial ever since I heard about it. It is dedicated to all of those heroic, often ordinary people who have given their own lives in order to save the lives of others. I think that their brave deeds makes them extraordinary people and it's so good to this memorial devoted to them.

Click on the bold type names below each plaque to read more about their heroic acts ~ some may be grouped together so please continue to scroll down. With many thanks to Caroline's Miscellany blog for all her research.