| Random musings on a Thursday morning. 11:30 - Mar 24 with 2170 views | MattinLondon |
Just went on a nice walk through a rather large cemetery. I quite like reading the headstones (I know it’s an odd like). Anyone on one of the headstones a man died in 1925 aged 100. There’s a fair chance that his parents were born in the eighteenth century.
In the space of two generations (albeit a large lifespan) the changes in terms of both social and technological was large. Found myself a bit taken a back by this.
Random thread I know - hope you all enjoying the warm weather. |  | | |  |
| Random musings on a Thursday morning. on 16:18 - Mar 24 with 247 views | Pendejo |
The "English" Cemetery in Mariquita, Tolima, Colombia was an experience.
Dozens of Brits interred over 5,000 miles from home in a country we neither colonised nor partook in war with.
Year of death and age fascinating- the only one I remember was a guy who died in his 80s during 19th century which I thought really impressive given Ave life expectancy was probably half that.
The reason for the abundance of Brits was industrial revolution, apparently - construction of road, rail, bridges, factories, ports etc. |  |
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| Random musings on a Thursday morning. on 16:20 - Mar 24 with 248 views | Cotty |
| Random musings on a Thursday morning. on 16:18 - Mar 24 by Pendejo |
The "English" Cemetery in Mariquita, Tolima, Colombia was an experience.
Dozens of Brits interred over 5,000 miles from home in a country we neither colonised nor partook in war with.
Year of death and age fascinating- the only one I remember was a guy who died in his 80s during 19th century which I thought really impressive given Ave life expectancy was probably half that.
The reason for the abundance of Brits was industrial revolution, apparently - construction of road, rail, bridges, factories, ports etc. |
Average life expectancy was much lower, but that was mostly due to infant mortality. Plenty of people reached a ripe old age (if they were wealthy enough to enjoy the luxury of it) |  | | |
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