Photo wanted in Old Monkland Cemetery

[sally]

I know it is the wrong time of the year to go wandering around cemeteries but if someone is going to/near Old Monkland Cemetery in Coatbridge I would appreciate a digital photo of my grandad’s gravestone and a note of the inscription if it is not clear.

I was in Scotland back in July, visited the cemetery and was upset to find my grandad’s stone had been vandalised, lying face down on the ground.
After I had the Lair certificate transferred into my name the North Lanarkshire Council agreed to pay for a new foundation and with my bank balance down nearly £300 I have just been informed by the local mason that the stone has been re-erected.

My grandad's stone is only 2-3 minutes from the main cemetery gates or 1 minute if entry is though the church gate as the stone is just behind the Parish Church. I have the photos I took in July which I can email to pinpoint the actual stone.

Regards
Sally

[nellgrant]

Sally send me the information and the next time I am through in Monklands I will look for the stone for you. Helen

[sally]

Thank you for your kind offer Helen but a very nice chap took the photos for me some time ago. We must have PMd each other & I forgot to post a message saying someone had helped me.

Kind regards
Sally