Sandyken
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Joey's Grave?Has anyone come across any reference to 'Joey's Grave'?
I have a very, vague recollection from the dim and distant path but I cannot trace the source.
It is a query to the Civic society's web site.
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SeaCopRimmer
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Well, the only Joey's Grave I've come across was Joey, the brother of Robert Dunlop, both of whom were killed on the TT Course. I did a google search and came across an article which gave their burial place as Garryduff Church, Co. Antrim. Long way from North Meols though?
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Bez
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It's not the dog's grave is it? There is a name on the stone I'm sure.
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Dotty
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That's interesting...Well, I know nowt...but that's nothing new.
It sounds fascinating though. Did the person who made the query give you any further information? Is it a human bean or an animal?
Dotty 
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SeaCopRimmer
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well, it's certainly a"has-bean" 
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Bez
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I was right - it is the dog's grave. A bit awkward to photograph because it now has railings around it.
It is in front of the cottage next to the Conservative club in Churchtown.
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Jane
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So who's dog was it? How & why did he get buried there?
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Dotty
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BecauseI've seen that myself, I should have remembered...thanks Bez.
I guess it was a garden in 1941. If we look on the electoral role it will say who lived there I guess it will be their dog. A lovely epitaph...
Dotty
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Jane
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I remember a dogs grave in a front garden of a house in Lincoln. I do remember the dog too. I often thought - "What will someone think when they come to sell the house"
I'm sure there are lots of pets (cats, rabbits etc) buried in gardens but not complete with the headstone
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Dotty
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OoooooMy mum has 6 cats dotted about the back garden...only two were cremated. I never thought about when you sell the house!
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Bez
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Well I've got a cat and 2 German Shepherd dogs buried in the back garden, plus the cremated ashes of another dog - next door had horses buried (no markers) and there is a house in Rectory Road which has a proper grave at the bottom of the garden which is apparently for a horse.
I need to check the date on Joey's grave next time I go past, because I could have sworn it actually said 1841. I took the picture on my way back from St Cuthbert's where I had been checking grave locations, one of which looked like "Haptley" on the photo, but when I got up close it turned out to be "Hartley". So the saying that "the camera never lies" isn't actually true.
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Dotty
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OooopsI think you're right as usual Bez...it prolly is 1841.
No use checking the electoral role then, eh?
Dotty (definitely) 
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