The Sheffield General Cemetery Trust were refreshing their web and print interpretation after securing investment from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
I was commissioned to write up aspects of the history for use during their project. This mainly involved using secondary sources, organising the information and writing copy under the following themes with lots of sub-headings:
- Historical context
- Design context
- The Anglican area of the Cemetery
- Management (1850s-1960s)
- Revival
After getting each entry within the requirement word count, I used comprehension analysis tools to edit and refine the copy, making it accessible for the ‘average’ school leaver (and therefore also anyone with a higher level of education).
Later, some of this work was reused in the Trust’s publication, ‘Sheffield General Cemetery Then & Now‘ (2023) by Emma Larsson-Revitt, edited by Sue Turner. Luckily, I was able to get my hands on one of these, as they had a limited run of only 100.
Parks & Pavements Past 
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