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Originally Posted by Incognitas
That would be the ideal Bifta,but the reality is that either the graves are totally neglected or the local council forbids any kind of unique individuality and insists on standardisation.All headstones same size,all flower pots removed no flowers so as to allow for the uniform cleaning up of said cemetary which half the time is very lax anyway. 
Remove the headstones and scatter ashes that way it doesn't matter.Make them gardens for rememberance.Nothing sadder than looking at the grave of a person long gone that no one visits.  |
I've never heard of that, not even while I lived in England, mind you the only cemetaries my family members have been buried in are part of the church, some of the headstones are stunning, normally paid for by the person before they die, I would much rather lose a couple of thousand in inheritance and have an real effort made on their grave. I spent a good few hours last week redoing my partners mother's grave ready for a blessing in a few weeks, it's satisfying and gives her entire family somewhere to pay their respects.