150th Anniversary of Weaste Cemetery
On the 27 June 2007, Salford City Council hosted a special event to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Weaste Cemetery and Botherton memorial. Working in partnership with the Friends of Salford Cemeteries, the event featured a re-enactment of an old style Victorian Funeral.
Over 120 school children from 3 local schools attended the event.
A glass-sided, horse-drawn hearse arrived at the city's Weaste Cemetery, with attendants and mourners in Victorian costumes.
A teacher then gave the youngsters a lesson in a mock, turn-of-the-century classroom. Later, the children were given a tour of the cemetery by members of the Friends of Salford Cemeteries Trust, in period mourning dress.
They were shown the graves of famous Salfordians and learned about the lives they had led.
These included the city's first MP, Joseph Brotherton; Mark Addy, who saved 50 people from drowning in the River Irwell; Sir Charles Halle, founder of the Halle Orchestra, and Busby Babe Eddie Colman, who died in the Munich Air Disaster.
Weaste is the oldest of Salford’s cemeteries and since it opened in 1957, over 332,000 interments have taken place in its 39 acres. These have included such famous people as: Joseph Brotherton, Sir Charles Halle, Mark Addy, and Ferdinand Stanley.
This page was last updated on 13 July 2007
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