In the backstreets of Southwark sits Crossbones Graveyard – where an estimated 15,000 sex workers and ‘outcasts’ are buried.
Since experiencing a wild vision in 1996, John Constable, founder of Friends of Crossbones, has worked to protect the graveyard from TfL redevelopment and has forged a close community anchored in remembrance and spirituality.
Just a short walk from the Shard, the land is valued at £25 million, but Friends of Crossbones have managed to secure legal protection for the graveyard as a garden of remembrance.
The 23rd November marked 29 years since the vision, so the SE Londoner’s Kathryn Schoon went down to ‘Goose Night’ to find out the story behind Crossbones.
You can find out more at crossbones.org.uk
Featured image credit: Kathryn Schoon
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