{"id":704,"date":"2020-09-09T16:48:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T15:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/?post_type=event&#038;p=704"},"modified":"2021-07-07T11:32:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T10:32:45","slug":"hidden-histories-stories-from-sheffield-general-cemetery-laura-alston","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/spiegeltent\/hidden-histories-stories-from-sheffield-general-cemetery-laura-alston\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Histories: Stories from Sheffield General Cemetery \u2013 Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hidden Histories: Stories from Sheffield General Cemetery \u2013 Laura Alston<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Laura Alston takes you on a tour of Sheffield General Cemetery, exploring the site&#8217;s landscape, architecture, history and connections to places around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brought to you in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.offtheshelf.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Off the Shelf Festival of Words<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An exploration of Sheffield General Cemetery, a Grade II listed site where&nbsp; 87,000 people are buried. Historian Laura Alston reveals some of these hidden histories including Chartist Mary Cooper, Kai Akosia from the Asante Empire and the Appleby family who died in the Great Sheffield Flood.&nbsp; <strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Cherub-Faces-black-and-white-1-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Cherub-Faces-black-and-white-1-1-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"728\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/Cherub-Faces-black-and-white-1-1-scaled.jpg\" 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