tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post6957758306290100641..comments2024-03-26T17:38:35.264+00:00Comments on Catherine Curzon: The Murder of Captain James CookCatherine Curzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-80784253490693682832014-12-01T22:15:32.237+00:002014-12-01T22:15:32.237+00:00It's always nice to feel at one - I can't ...It's always nice to feel at one - I can't wait to feature your guest post this week!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-18265523470304005162014-12-01T21:19:05.704+00:002014-12-01T21:19:05.704+00:00I live on the Big Island of Hawaii and Captain Coo...I live on the Big Island of Hawaii and Captain Cook is indeed remembered very well by the native Hawaiians. There is a monument to him on the coast, which is very small but the land it is built on is forever considered to be British territory. And the Hawaiian state flag still has the Union Jack in the corner. :) As a Brit and a newly minted citizen of the USA, I find these things make me feel very at home. Catherine Lloydhttp://www.catherine-lloyd.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-12586224101341281182014-08-19T23:02:06.464+01:002014-08-19T23:02:06.464+01:00I"m actually working on a little bit of a fic...I"m actually working on a little bit of a fictional something regarding the Barber-Surgeons' Company (very, very early days at the moment though). It's a topic that has long since fascinated me for all sorts of reasons!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-30530740198029653022014-08-19T22:43:14.503+01:002014-08-19T22:43:14.503+01:00If I may, I would like to challenge the suggestion...If I may, I would like to challenge the suggestion that the South Sea Islanders showed more respect for a corpse than the members of the Barber-Surgeons' Company. Those who were dissected following hanging at Tyburn were decently disposed of. The Barber-Surgeons provided a coffin and paid for a funeral and burial (according naturally to the Book of Common Prayer) in the overspill churchyard of the derelict church of St Olave, Silver Street. {This church, formerly the Barber-Surgeons' Guild Church had burned down in the Great Fire and never been rebuilt - but it was still consecrated ground. It still is!] This burial ground was known as "The Anatomists Ground" and those interred there certainly had a more dignified funeral than they might have had if buried as paupers by their parish or by their inebriated fellow criminals!Mary Seymournoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-1279060906253064142014-02-15T07:33:27.533+00:002014-02-15T07:33:27.533+00:00Very true...Very true...Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-28763127162387660352014-02-15T01:22:49.213+00:002014-02-15T01:22:49.213+00:00Well, all this "I'll take your property, ...Well, all this "I'll take your property, please," work that went on in those days... if not that, bringing fresh disease and certain death to peoples without immunity--it didn't always pan out well for the newcomers even if they weren't always trying to take the land. Debra Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-60862791896901068232014-02-14T21:17:44.642+00:002014-02-14T21:17:44.642+00:00I believe so!I believe so!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-62964121384145043442014-02-14T21:09:30.129+00:002014-02-14T21:09:30.129+00:00At least he was respected on Hawaii and still seem...At least he was respected on Hawaii and still seems to be.Linda Fetterly Roothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05679025414115279660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-9002725307381451992014-02-14T14:35:17.953+00:002014-02-14T14:35:17.953+00:00Of the two options, Tyburn is certainly the darker...Of the two options, Tyburn is certainly the darker!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-30328315837955123012014-02-14T09:18:58.903+00:002014-02-14T09:18:58.903+00:00What a way to end up.Madame!!!....or maybe better ...What a way to end up.Madame!!!....or maybe better than dissection after Tyburn?? Hrmmmmm??Gem Twitchernoreply@blogger.com