Private Ivy Everard 1922-1942

Private Ivy Everard 1922-1942

Commonwealth War Graves at St John’s Cemetery, Elswick  Written and researched by Susan McGarry – Stories of the Stones volunteer Elswick Cemetery, (St. Johns), Newcastle is a Commonwealth War Graves site with 289 casualties from the two World Wars....
Garden Party at West Lodge

Garden Party at West Lodge

Project volunteer Kay, kindly invited the core Stories of the Stones group to West Lodge at St John’s Cemetery for a garden party this week. We celebrated the achievements of the project so far with sandwiches, tea and cake. We also did a bit of work to plan...
Blueprints for Elswick

Blueprints for Elswick

Cyanotype image by Pam Royale Cyanotype workshops in the sun at St John’s Cemetery The summer sun finally made a showing at St John’s Cemetery two mornings in June for cyanotype workshops led by Stories of the Stones artist Julie Ballands. Nature has been...