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Old photos of Fulham Cemetery
1897
1897
From Fulham Old & New • Charles James Fèret, 1900 (vol.iii pp.40-41) • Read online at the Wellcome Collection
(Above) The Principal Entrance, Fulham Cemetery. From a photograph by Mr. J. Dugdale, 1897
(Right) A corner of Fulham Cemetery. Mr. J. Dugdale, 1897
Church of England Chapel, From a photograph by Mr. H. Ambridge.
The Principal Avenue, Fulham Cemetery. From a photograph by Mr. J. Dugdale, 1897
1906
1906
Grave of Horace George Mills, known as “Georgie” (see Findagrave). Photo kindly supplied by family member John Everett. The grave is in section 6C in the southeast of the cemetery (map), and we are looking east towards the back of the Bronsart Road terraces. No trees are visible.
The photo was taken not long after the burial in 1906, and shows the Victorian headstones still in a pristine state. Most of these graves were removed in the 1950s, including all the ones in this photo, as far as I could determine.
Here is a recent photo of sections 6B and 6C, looking in the same direction:
1970s
1970s
1970s TV series The Sweeney featured Fulham Cemetery in the episode "Sweet Smell of Succession", first broadcast on 8 November 1976, as shown in this video by a self-described "Sweeneyologist", covering filming locations in West Brompton and Fulham. (Margravine Cemetery also features.)
It shows many graves and trees that have since disappeared. I think the scene at 4:04 shows the pink cherry blossom avenue looking north, near where the leaking tap is today. In the 1970s the path is still densely lined with trees, and there is a long-disappeared bench to the right side. It's the same approximate view as my photo from 2007. Today only about 4 of those trees are left. The following scene shows great detail of the graves in the northwest corner of the cemetery.
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