A - Z of Remembrance at Weaste Cemetery

A
Armed Services:  Over 1000 Great War veterans.

B
Boiler Maker: Developed the famous Lancashire Boiler.

C
Cholera victims: This disease caused many deaths before tapped water was introduced.

D
Dockers: They helped make Salford an important port.

E
Engineers: Who worked in the local foundries and iron works

F
Famous people: Charles Hallé, Mark Addy

G
Gold Medal:  Winner in 1908 Olympics Eric Forsyth

H
Health workers: Doctors,Nurses,Herbalists

L
Life Savers: Mark Addy, George Fearnley

M
Munich air crash Eddie Colman: A ‘Busby babe’ and son of Salford

N
Notorious: The ‘Salford Poisoner’ – Samuel Hill Derby

O
Ordinary people: Over 330,000 interred here

P
Public servants: Councillors, MP’s

Q
Quoits:  World champion William Whittaker

R
Railwaymen: Some killed in accidents

S
Sailors: Who died at sea and on other waterways

T
Teachers: From day schools,further education colleges & Sunday schools

U
Union members & Socialists: People who campaigned to make life better for the working man.

V
Victoria Cross:  Winner William Norton

W
War damage: Headstones riddled with bullet holes can still be seen from when the Cemetery was bombed in WW2

Y
Yarns makers: The spinners made the yarns for the weavers

Z
Zero hour: 7:30am 1st July 1916, the Salford Pals went over the top and fell into history

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