You're very welcome. Shortly after I first arrived in US in '88, I had occasion to attend a friend's father's military funeral in Arlington Cemetery in Washington, DC. He had been a fairly high-ranking officer, so his funeral was dignified with all the pomp & ceremony trappings. I truly appreciated the opportunity of being at that funeral, I was so impressed with the honour bestowed on their soldiers, and how the young servicemen who were assigned to duty there did their jobs with such dignity. One would have thought that having done umpteen funerals in a day would somewhat erode their "snap", but it didn't seem to matter whether it was the first funeral or the last funeral of the day, each was accorded the prescribed decorum. Very reverential place. But what struck me so much was the amount of graves, they appeared endless. I suppose it must be like that in France too? No, I don't have a picture of Oupa's grave. Before I left, I didn't think it would be something that I would have wanted. But now, with doing the family genealogy from a distance & pretty sure that I shan't be able to return to SA, I really wished I'd done all of them. My father's family (Cartwright) have 3 or 4 brass plaques in Christ Church in Kenilworth, and I wish I'd taken pictures of those too. 20/20 hindsight!! Incidentally, the family also worshipped out of St. Johns & I went to Springfield, so am very familiar w/ where you're climbing fences & such! Remember to wear your reinforced breeks! Good luck w/ it all. Coral Anna -----Original Message----- From: Colyn Brookes [mailto:culvwrcm@bmh.co.za] Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 7:59 AM To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Introduction Hi >Good luck Colyn with all your endeavours. Thanks for that, much appreciated >He never would talk of his experiences at all, ever. He is buried in the Plumstead cemetery >behind the sports grounds as you round the corner toward Southfield. He died whilst I was >living in Canada, and it took me the longest time to be able to go & see his grave after my >return. When I'd left for Canada, he said to me he wouldn't see me again, and I told him that >I would be back, but within a 10 mos. he had died. Do you have a piccie of his grave? >Wouldn't H&P have Saturday hours in their office? If not, surely someone would be around all >the time, given the nature of their business??? I will go through during next week and sort things out Thanks for the feedback Colyn ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== Cape Town Family History Society www.genealogy.co.za/society/socweb.htm ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx * CONFIDENTIALITY/PRIVACY NOTICE - The documents included in this transmission may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the information to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or action taken in reliance on the contents of these documents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this document in error, please notify the sender immediately to arrange for return or destruction of these documents.