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PHOTOS PAGE 4: 1 AUGUST 2006
 
After the two inter-faith working parties had been into the cemetery on 8 June and 13 July 2006, most of the fly-tipped refuse had been removed, along with all the self-planted trees and bushes, the roots of which were felling tombstones. On 1 August, Nadia Goodman and I, along with her Israeli cousin Moshe, spent an afternoon clearing tracts of ivy from the central area of graves. Here are some of the photos Nadia took:
 
   

Photo 04-01

 

  
 
 
     
 

By August, the cemetery was awash with greenery...

  
     
   

Photo 04-02

 		  
 
 
     
 

...but Moshe was not to be deterred!

  
     
 
   

Photo 04-03

 		  
 
 
     

Some fallen tombstones were barely noticeable
     
   

Photo 04-04

 		  
 
 
     

The ivy had eaten its way right inside this stone
     
 
   

Photo 04-05

 		  
 
 
     
 

The obelisk of Jonas Reis' grave

lay in a bed of ivy and dead foliage

  
     
   

Photo 04-06

 		  
 
 
     
 

Most stones in this section needed individual attention

 

  
     
 
   

Photo 04-07

 		  
 
 
     
 

We all worked as a team to uncover these two...

 

 

  
     
   

Photo 04-08

 		  
 
 
     
 

...and yours truly pulled back the thick curtain of ivy to

reveal the grave of famous painter and lithographer

John Raphael Isaac

  
     
 
   

Photo 04-09

 		  
 
 
     
 

These three stones started looking like this...

  
     
   

Photo 04-10

 		  
 
 
     
 

...but finished looking like this - wow!

  
     
 
   

Photo 04-11

 

  
 
 
     
 

By the end of the day, this was how the cemetery looked

  
     
 
There was still a lot of greenery, particularly the morass of ivy on the right-hand side boundary wall and the dense, self-planted "jungle" at the back of the centre section, also visible on the right of this photo. Nevertheless, the progress made in just a few weeks was breathtaking.
 
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To donate to the restoration project via PayPal, click here. This will take you to the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation donations page, through which you can donate to the Project. Please specify that your donation is for Deane Road Cemetery only.

 

To donate by post, please make cheques or postal orders (in Pounds Sterling only) payable to LOHC Deane Road A/C and send them to: The Secretary, Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation, Synagogue Chambers, Princes Road, Liverpool, L8 1TG.

 

We would be grateful if UK taxpayers wishing to donate to the cemetery would fill in this Gift Aid form, in order that the congregation can claim a further 28% of your donation from the Inland Revenue, at no extra cost to yourself. Simply print out the form, fill it in and either post it to the address above or scan it and e-mail it to us at the e-mail address below.
 

Any enquiries should be directed to the webmaster at info@deaneroadcemetery.com.

This page was last updated 26 August 2008 14:27.