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Fife towns at forefront of Scotland s first flax and linen festival
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Times Past: We can thank Napoleon for Glasgow s necropolis
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HIGH on the hill next to Glasgow Cathedral, the Necropolis is an atmospheric site. It has seen 50,000 burials since it opened in 1833. As well as the interment registers, the City Archives hold the financial and lair records for the cemetery, and the Merchants House Committee books, giving unique insight into the history and development of this famous graveyard. It passed into the care of the council in 1966 and has become a popular tourist attraction. It’s the final resting place for many notable Glaswegians from publisher William Collins and philanthropist Isabella Ure Elder to the men killed in the 1960 Cheapside Street and 1972 Kilbirnie Street fires. Monuments include designs by Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson and Charles Rennie Macintosh. The first burial was Joseph Levi a jeweller, in the Jewish section, and burials of other faiths from Quakers to Catholics have followed.