A LIFE LOST TO HISTORY
ALAN CROSBY lives in Lancashire and is the editor of The Local Historian
Before lockdown I often visited churches and cathedrals, mostly to study the history, architecture and decoration of the building. But my attention would invariably be diverted by tombs and monuments, tablets and grave slabs, with their inscriptions and effigies.
There’s something compelling and also very moving about the urns and cherubs, skulls
