KidKruger Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Sky burial please. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriendsOfTheTerrapin Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Cremation followed by scattering of ashes in Ullswater for me... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Pickle me in alcohol. May as well finish what I started. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Medic Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 I suppose the downside of cremation is it will spoil the fun for people who try to trace their family roots. A distant cousin from Australia turned up in Ireland a couple of months ago and tracked down our great x n times grandfather's burial site. There would be none of that if he had been cremated. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 numbers Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I'm scared of fire too jollybaby. Yet also> claustrophobic like otta. Dilemma!Don't fancy the mulching machine / compost heap / orchard fruits route? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Jeremy Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> numbers Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > I'm scared of fire too jollybaby. Yet also> > claustrophobic like otta. Dilemma!> > Don't fancy the mulching machine / compost heap /> orchard fruits route?Or burial at sea? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bob* Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 can't swim Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisa Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 I've told everyone I know I wish to be chucked off the side of a boat somewhere off the coast of Lundy Island in North Devon, in a biodegradable coffin. I've never been able to swim, and I think it would be a fitting end for me. Louisa. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Bob* Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 before - or after - you're dead? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Louisa Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> chucked off the side of a boat somewhere off the coast of> Lundy Island in North Devon, in a biodegradable coffin.Hope the coffin doesn't disintegrate too quickly. Otherwise someone's going to get a nasty surprise when you wash up on the beach. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930867 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisa Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 *Bob* darling, we all know I have far too many people to piss off before I can kick the bucket. So yes, I will be brown bread my love.Louisa. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisa Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Jez I am hopeful a hungry basking shark (or similar) will have first dibs at a three course on my behalf. Louisa. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 I'd liked to be preserved in formaldehyde in a vitrine by Damien Hirst. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisa Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Great idea Jah. He owns a bar/restaurant/gallery in the coastal town of Ilfracombe where the Lundy visitor boat docks. We could have me washed up on a beach, you in formaldehyde and *Bob* stuffed in a grotty museum for fish hooks or similar. The whole area could be dedicated to bucket-kicked EDF'ers. Who needs Verity? Louisa. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Balls to Ilfracombe Louisa. I'd like to lie in permanent state in my vitrine at the Horniman Museum, failing that the Tate Modern. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDOldie Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 Well mate you're usually pickled when I see you. As in life so in death?I want to be buried in Camberwell Cemetery, near a tree, or is that too controversial these days? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-930891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfan Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 What about cremation with the ashes being buried afterwards just to make absolutely certain. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-931481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dun Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 OK, this thread made me laugh so I'll add my 2 pence worth. I've told my family that I want my body to do to a medical school so future doctors can practice whatever they need to practice to become doctors. I will be long gone (hopefully) at that stage so my mortal remains might as well be useful! I believe they then cremate the remains when they are done and give them back to the family. I said that they can then scatter my ashes under a lovely tree that they'd like to visit. Bottom line is that I will be well & truely gone so I'd like my remains to be as useful as possible. It is more emotive for those left behind so the more they know about what you'd like the easier it will be for them. Write a will! Make everything clear. It will make a difficult time easier. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-931547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 I'd like my corpse to be tied to a chair and subjected to time lapse photography so some art student can get his/her degree show underway with a bang - and have it ruined on day 57 when the caretaker's Golden Retriever sneaks in and devours what's left of my head. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-931613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
edborders Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 3/4th of Southwark's dead are cremated. A large percentage of the rest are buried in Muslim Cemeteries outside the borough. Only an extreme minority want to be buried in the borough. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-931631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDOldie Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I don't think it extreme to want to be buried in a place you were born and have a lifetime affinity with. There's nothing wrong with cremation but some of us would prefer our remains to remain here Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-931695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I want to be in a future Bodyworks exhibition in some guitar yielding rock pose. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-931712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Next to Keith Richards Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-931734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
numbers Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Sue Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Jeremy Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > numbers Wrote:> >> --------------------------------------------------> > > -----> > > I'm scared of fire too jollybaby. Yet also> > > claustrophobic like otta. Dilemma!> > > > Don't fancy the mulching machine / compost heap> /> > orchard fruits route?> > > Or burial at sea?Hmmm. I'm giving it some thought. Shouldn't you have had a distinguished maritime career for a sea burial though?I don't really fit into that category. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-931762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
edhistory Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 edborders Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> 3/4th of Southwark's dead are cremated. A large> percentage of the rest are buried in Muslim> Cemeteries outside the borough. Only an extreme> minority want to be buried in the borough.Any current data that informs local debate is helpful.Please can we know the source of your data?John K Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/84477-cremation-or-burial/page/2/#findComment-931964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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