Tour of Highgate Cemetery
- Title
- Tour of Highgate Cemetery
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary; Special
- TX Date
- 16 Aug 1981
- Year of production
- 1981
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- Duration
- 00:10:18
- Description
- A tour of Highgate Cemetery, now maintained by the Friends of Highgate Cemetery. Honorary Secretary Jean Pateman describes how the cemetery began in 1839 and expanded as it grew in popularity. Judith Ewell(?), Acting Chairman of the Friends, talks about Karl Marx’s grave. Brian Peters cuts down a sycamore tree which has pushed open a tomb, and describes the damage caused. Charles Hatcher and David Slater talk about woodland tree species. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- David Slater; Jean Pateman; Judith Ewell(?); Brian Peters; Charles Hatcher
- Keywords
- Death; London; Charles Dickens; Memorials; Burials; Trees; Cemeteries; Karl Marx; Highgate Cemetery; Graves; Tombs; Friends of Highgate Cemetery; George Wombwell
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