Mick Hartley

At Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington – one of London's Magnificent Seven:

And then, the inscriptions….the epitaphs.

Of course each grave marks a by-now forgotten story of pain and suffering and heartbreak, but still…"Affliction sore long time he bore…" Oh dear.

And poor little René:

Who fell asleep…aged 1 year and 11 months. "One sweet angel less on earth, in heaven one angel more". You want to mock, yet somehow it's not possible…