A stone angel, seated atop the grave monument of the Williams family, in the beautiful woodland surrounds of the overgrown Cathcart Cemetery on the south side of Glasgow, Scotland.

A wider view of the imposing grave monument of the Williams family - three large inscribed stone panels with plinths and pediments, above which is a seated angel perhaps three metres tall, the whole structure being perhaps six metres or more in height - surrounded by the lush vegetation of the overgrown Cathcart Cemetery on the south side of Glasgow, Scotland. A daughter of the family, Henria Helen Leech WIlliams, was a suffragette and an active member of the Women's Social and Political Union. She died on 2 January 1911, two months after the 'Black Friday' demonstration. The grave is adorned with purple, green and white ribbons, the colours of WSPU, and remains a place of pilgrimage and inspiration.

At the foot of the grave monument of suffragette Henria Helen Leech WIlliams, a sign bearing a quotation: "She knowingly and willingly shortened her days in rendering services to the womanhood of the nation." There are also ribbons in purple, green and white, the colours of the Women's Social & Politial Union (WSPU).

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Day 7: Angel
An unmissable opportunity to share the stunningly beautiful angel who watches over the grave of suffragette Henria Helen Leech Williams in #CathcartCemetery. A place of pilgrimage, adorned with the purple, green & white ribbons of the #WSPU. May she rest in peace.

A sculpted hour glass intertwined with plant stems on the top of a grave monument in Glasgow's Cathcart Cemetery.

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However, it was then converted into a private family home, with the conversion work winning a Glasgow Institute of Architects Design Award in 2011. This just goes to show what can be done with derelict buildings.

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The gatehouse of Cathcart Cemetery. Built around the time the cemetery was created as part of the garden cemeteries movement n the 1870s, by the late 20th century it had become derelict.

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Love this hour glass on the top of a grave monument in Glasgow's Cathcart Cemetery.

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