Pro-life campaigner dies
Posted by Richard Rawlinson Phyllis Bowman, founder of pro-life political lobbying organisation Right to Life died recently, aged 85. For half a century, right up to her final illness and last days, she fought tirelessly to save unborn babies from abortion and, more recently, against efforts to legalise euthanasia in Britain. Like other women who […]
Going down
The GFG website will be down for a period this evening for essential repairs. A man with a spanner, a hammer and a cold chisel needs to do some work on it. It will descend to the realm of the dead and rise in glory.
Funeral mystery
From Swaziland: MAFUCULA – Some mourners at the funeral of Lucky Nhlanhla Sifundza, the Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation (RSSC) employee who went missing and was confirmed dead three weeks later, were disappointed that they could not see what was inside his casket. They had hoped that the Sifundzas would open the casket and allow them to see what was inside before taking it to […]
Follow-up letter to George Tinning, Managing Director, Co-operative Funeralcare
Dear Mr Tinning, It’s almost a fortnight since I wrote to you on 27 June. You haven’t replied. I’m disappointed, of course. I’m not wholly surprised, though. You’ve had a lot on your plate in the aftermath of Undercover Undertaker — and now you’ve got an Early Day Motion in Parliament to contend with. The […]
Grievers hoodwinked, run amok and bamboozled by their undertakers
In the Bahamas some people are worried about their unregulated funeral industry, just as some British people are worried about their own unregulated funeral industry: “Have the Bahamian people been hoodwinked, run amok, bamboozled, by persons purporting to be funeral service practitioners who are (actually) charlatans? Charlatans are impostors. Have we been hoodwinked, run amok, […]
Oh yes we would
Denouncing plans for a new crematorium in Surrey which, if it is built, will be no more than 205m from the nearest house, East Grinstead resident David says: “You wouldn’t want to sit in your garden and overlook a funeral.” Oh no? How very different you are, David, from the readership of the GFG. Footnotes: […]
Wake-lite
This tickled us: Dr. Ed James is occasionally asked why he named his radio show “Funerals and Fried Chicken.” He replies, “Not long ago, I was surrounded by friends and relatives in the basement of a church, following a funeral, and the food served was fried chicken, mac n’ cheese and assorted cakes, pies and other […]
Funeralworld’s Hallelujah Chorus
The Joy of Death Festival 2012 will pilot the first Good Funeral Guide Awards Ceremony to recognise outstanding service to the bereaved. The awards will be made in the following categories: Most Promising New Funeral Director Embalmer of the Year The Eternal Slumber Award for Coffin Supplier of the Year Most Significant Contribution to the Understanding of Death in […]
Parliament to debate Co-op Funeralcare
Click on the image to bring it up to full size. The GFG has sent the MPs named a message of support because we believe in the ideals of co-operation. You can send them a message, too. Here are their email addresses: godsiffr@parliament.uk ronnie.campbell.mp@parliament.uk sharmav@parliament.uk
Press Release: Bournemouth to host the first trade awards for the funeral industry
Bournemouth will host the first ever trade awards ceremony for the funeral industry on Friday 7 September. The competition is an initiative run by the Good Funeral Guide and the Bournemouth Joy of Death Festival. The Good Funeral Guide is an independent, not-for-profit consumer advice and advocacy service for people who need to arrange a funeral […]
