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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.

Jeremy Wrote:

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> numbers Wrote:

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> > I'm scared of fire too jollybaby. Yet also

> > claustrophobic like otta. Dilemma!

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> Don't fancy the mulching machine / compost heap /

> orchard fruits route?



Or burial at sea?

Louisa Wrote:

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> 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.

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.

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.
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.

Sue Wrote:

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> Jeremy Wrote:

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> > > I'm scared of fire too jollybaby. Yet also

> > > claustrophobic like otta. Dilemma!

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> > Don't fancy the mulching machine / compost heap

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> > orchard fruits route?

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> 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.

edborders Wrote:

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> 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

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