A Tour of Manchester's Southern Cemetery - PART 6

Famous graves in Manchester's Southern Cemetery.
The Tour concludes with five significant names of national and even international importance.
We start off by hunting down the grave of Len Johnson, the boxing champ who was denied honours because of his ethnicity, who later became one of the most prominent civil rights campaigners in the UK.
Next is Philip Baybutt, a working class man who travelled to the US in the mid-19th century and got caught up in the Civil War. Fighting for the Union forces, he came home the first English recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Then we find the notorious Conservative Transport Minister, Ernest Marples, whose corruption led to the demise of British railways, and who avoided thirty years of tax by fleeing to Monaco never to return.
Finally we see one of the victims of the Munich Air Crash of 1958, William Satinoff, who was the only fan onboard the plane and sadly did not survive. He was very good friends with our final stop, which is that of Sir Matt Busby, the Man United manager and former Man City player, who did survive Munich and went on to become a legend of the game.
Thus concludes six videos and twenty famous graves. A visit to the cemetery in person is highly recommended, if only to find a handful of these graves.
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[@melissabrown7246]

just watched all six of these in two sittings, planning a lunchtime walk in the cemetery tomorrow! Having just moved to Manchester I'm really enjoying your channel

[@amandaleeborchert3745]

Well done! RIP to the Turner family that resides there too. I have come to love you all. Beautifully done. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge with us. 🌹

[@tom-yv6vv]

Mate this is incredible work! All my family are in southern cemetery. Your videos have provided fascinating viewing

[@cjscorah]

Very uplifting as well as informative. Very, very enjoyable.

[@laht2328]

Thank you ever so much for all the fabulous videos!

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thank you! That's a nice compliment!

[@paulbarnes8425]

Hi mate just watched all 6 videos on southern cemetery and what a interesting viewing. Keep up the good work 👍

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Cheers thanks

[@mikeclarke3882]

Once again, thanks for this latest instalment Ollie, shame it's the last, but in Manchester and its surrounds you've got more interesting material than you can cover in a lifetime. Nice music too! I'm looking forward to your next video. Between you and Martin Zero it's like getting postcards from home! Cheers mate!

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Hahaha thanks that's a lovely thing to say. Yeah there's so much I want to cover. The cemetery is great but graves all look alike after a while! I'm gonna try and do more vids. I just don't know where Martin gets the time!!

[@seasidesandles]

Hi Mister Bee! My huband and I have just watched all six videos and enjoyed them so much. Manchester history is very interesting. I was particularly moved by the modern music ones as my brother, who was involvedi n that scene, tragically died young in 1997. It's amazing how many innovators were involved in the City's development and culture and how Manchester influenced the world. Fascinating! Keep 'em coming.

[@rupertstiltskin8778]

Excellent work,i hope you do more on the cemeteries of Manchester.Love all your vids.Well done.

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thank you that's very nice!

[@michaelpilling531]

A Very interesting and enjoyable set of videos making this series about the cemetery. Superb historical information.

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Many thanks!

[@Nathan.Manchester]

Another liked video keep up the great work 👍

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Thank you!

[@garytaylor4540]

It's a shame you forgot about the Actor,Radio and television presenter Wifred Pickles...people will know him from the 70s show 'All for the Love of Ada'.

[@beveridge1942]

You missed your vocation, Ollie! Such is your attention to detail and sensitivity to your subject matter that you should have been a history teacher, Just brilliant - thanks

[@jimmyviaductophilelawley5587]

Can't believe you get so few views mate good work!

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Haha. Yeah it's the most amount of effort I've put into something for such little return. 🤣

[@jimmyviaductophilelawley5587]

@@BeeHereNowuk spread the love and eff everyone else mate!

[@jimmyviaductophilelawley5587]

Good feedback for ya...the guy who will be my cameraman /editor for my history of the Manchester ship canal when I can get out again watched your history of man utd and was very impressed and he is hard to please!

[@kellyshaw7271]

I used to see Matt Busby when i drove passed his home on the way to work. He lived in a modest semi detached home opposite hough end, a stones throw from southern cemetary. A lad i knew is buried beside him called Lee Jackson. He died aged 18 while out celebrating uniteds uefa cup win around 1990.

[@davidwflint]

I know these are old videos now but if you email southern cemetery they will send you a list of all famous burials within it, it has grave markers on making it easier to locate.👍

[@iangrange7124]

Really enjoyed your tour of southern cemetery, in fact all of your videos are very enjoyable to watch, keep it up Ollie 👍 Was wondering did you happen to see a number on Len Johnson's Head stone by any chance because he was the godfather to a friend of mine who lost contact with Len, after seeing this video i got in touch with my friend and told her about you finding Lens resting place, any information would be much appreciated.

[@BeeHereNowuk]

Hi. Sorry I didn't notice a number but it wasn't too hard to find really. It was directly opposite the Baby Garden section, not far from the gate entrance off Nell Lane. I think it was the first or second row of graves from the path. There wasn't much info on the grave online which is why i wasn't sure that it was actually Len's, so there's not much else I can tell you about it really. Hope this helps though 😊

[@iangrange7124]

@@BeeHereNowuk Thanks for the info Ollie will pass it on Cheers

[@cloudburst82]

You mention about Willie Satinoff being on the plane at Munich in 1959 but it was 1958! Otherwise great videos! Henry Rose who also died at Munich is also in the Jewish section at Southern

[@socklesslad]

It always annoys me that people criticise Beeching for closing all the railway lines despite the fact he had no authority to do that - he just wrote the report. Nobody ever mentions people like Marples and Castle who did actually close stations.

[@webrarian]

You stuck the knife into Ernest Marples just as he deserved. But without drawing any blood, or leaving a wound ;-)

[@bertcert991]

Len Johnson was a great Mancunian I once met his grandson last I heard they were trying to raise funds for a well deserved statue

[@sandykenuk]

So many torys are like him now,and really dont care.because the are now untouchable.