I have recently received several old photographs of Radnor Street Cemetery and how I wish there was one of this funeral where the report says ‘there was a wealth of floral tributes.’
Lilian Pitt was just 19 years old when she died suddenly in 1928. Her two brothers Charlie and Willie travelled up for the funeral with their mother from Abercynon in the Rhonnda Valley while sister Violet came down from her home in Hampstead, London. Other mourners included various cousins and Rose Pitt, the aunt with whom Lilian lived.
The Late Miss Pitt – An impressive tribute to the memory of Miss Lilian Pitt (aged 19), whose death occurred suddenly at 182, Victoria Road, where she lived with her aunt, Miss Rose Emily Pitt, and who was a very popular scholar at the Trinity Presbyterian Church, was paid by the Rev. J.H. Gavin, B.D., at the funeral service at the Victoria Road Presbyterian Church. Mr Gavin mentioned Miss Pitt’s connection with the Sunday School and the Bible Class, and said she was always a good scholar. Miss Pitt was formerly a scholar at Clarence Street School and later was a very popular student at the Euclid Street Secondary School. Her school colleagues subscribed and sent a beautiful wreath to be placed on her grave. Another beautiful wreath was received from the Presbyterian Sunday School. The Rev. J.H. Gavin also officiated at the burial service at the Radnor Street Cemetery.
The chief mourners were: Mrs L.G. Anderson, Abercynon (mother), Miss Violet Pitt, Hampstead (sister), Osborne, Charlie and Willie Pitt, Abercynon (brothers), Miss Rose Pitt, Swindon (aunt), Miss Phyllis Lewis and Miss Cissie Lewis, Swindon (cousins) Mr and Mrs Tom Lewis, Swindon (cousins), Mrs Caswell (Rodbourne Cheney), and Mr Ernie Strange. There was a wealth of floral tributes.
North Wilts Herald Friday, January 27, 1928.
Photograph taken at the funeral of Ethel Mary Franklin
Photograph taken at the funeral of Robert Powell
Today you are more likely to find primroses and daffodils on the Radnor Street Cemetery graves – just as beautiful.
Lilian Gertrude Pitt aged 19 was buried on June 23, 1928 in grave plot C3678. Her grandfather Thomas Pitt was buried with her in 1921 and her aunt Rose Emily Pitt joined them when she died in 1938. There is also a child buried with them. Beryl Davies who died aged 17 months old in 1941, It is not known if the little girl is related to the Pitt family.
Radnor Street Cemetery 