19-09-2014 6:41 PM
Well I thought you all need to be cheered up. And knowing this might just do it.
A national shortage of grave space has become critical with some towns now on the brink of having nowhere to bury the dead, MPs have warned. And no where in many cases it seems for the living. But never mind
Anyway, although over 70% of Londoners are cremated, roughly 10.000 people a year are still buried in the capitol. And there's no getting away from it - London is running out of burial space fast. Only a fifth of London's Church of England sites have undisturbed land available. And because of London's cultural diversity, demand for burials is growing all the time.
Buddhists, Jews, Muslims, and Greek and Russian Orthodox Christians all strongly favour burial over cremation, as do people with Italian, Greek and Turkish roots.
Well other possible solutions: * dig new graves deeper to enable more burials * multi-faith burial sites * sea burials (fancy a drop of that myself) there are complex guideline though with need for a special license. Eco- coffins and woodland burials where trees supplant headstones. And I'm not sure but I think you can be buried in your own garden? (of course not a rented property) But the council has to approve because of water tables or rivers?
Anyway what do you think? Or fancy
02-10-2014 11:11 AM
@saasher2012 wrote:
I have noticed that he's either been planted with his legs Xd or they were in such a hurry they put his boots on the wrong feet ! lol.
Thats Irish feet ..We dont know our left from our right..
02-10-2014 11:20 AM
02-10-2014 11:23 AM
@saasher2012 wrote:
I have noticed that he's either been planted with his legsXd or they were in such a hurry they put his boots on the wrong feet !lol.
Hello Sam. Do you mind me asking what one you fancy? I don't know how true it is but someone told me a rich man in America was buried in his Rolls Royce. Well apparently they removed the engine and other oily or greasy parts.
And he was sitting at the steering wheel with safety belt on too.
See you later.
Oh ROSE, what would you like.
02-10-2014 11:29 AM - edited 02-10-2014 11:30 AM
02-10-2014 11:43 AM
@saasher2012 wrote:
No I don't mind at all! lol. I'd like to be stuffed inside the hollow of a standing Oak tree. Yep I know it's weird!!. lol.
The others are too material for me I'm afraid.
...................I had better not answer that but ...........
Perhaps Tommy will? Or someone else will?
See you later
02-10-2014 12:39 PM
02-10-2014 6:01 PM
@saasher2012 wrote:
No I don't mind at all! lol. I'd like to be stuffed inside the hollow of a standing Oak tree. Yep I know it's weird!!. lol.
The others are too material for me I'm afraid.
Take your pick saasher.
02-10-2014 6:22 PM
25-10-2014 10:59 AM
Well... comes the time
There is a cheap service which might suite a few on here like Tommy
But let me know in good time Because my uncle would need to pump up the tyres.
Sorry, only cardboard or wicker coffins. And money up front.
Belated, happy birthday Sam
(sorry we did not see it).
25-10-2014 11:18 AM
We've got a "Handy Man" near us, who's pretty adaptable.