Afraid of Thunderstorms

Florence Irene Ford 

Sept 3rd 1861 - Oct 30th 1871

Ten-year-old Florence died of yellow fever. 

During her life she had been incredibly frightened of storms and whenever one occurred she would rush to her mother for reassurance.

Upon Florence's death her mother was so grief stricken that she had Florence's casket constructed with a glass window at the child’s head, furthermore when the grave was dug, she had a set of steps installed so she could descend to her daughters level and look into the grave through a thick glass window. Whenever there was a storm she would go and sit by her daughter to comfort her.
After the mothers death the glass wall was replaced with concrete, but you can still go down the steps to Florence's grave.

Little White flowers will never awaken you, not where the Black coach of Sorrow has taken you

Highgate

this is one of the best pictures i've taken, it doens't look great or anything, but it was just so exciting to find! I was walking round highgate cemetary and i stuck my camera in a hole by the path and took a picture, this is what came out -

The grave is a family tomb of many generations, the small coffin you can see on the right is a two year old girl, along side the larger coffin of her grandfather or greatgrandfather, can't remember exactly and the ashes of the other family members in the small boxes