Quote of the day
“I didn’t (mention it)? That’s terrible… Oh Christ Almighty, what an oversight. Oh man, me big brother’s gonna kill me… Do you know I forgot to mention me mum’s passing? I can’t believe it…“ Rod Stewart, after an an interviewer had pointed out the omission from his autobiography of any reference to his mother’s death.
There should be a regulation against it
In the event, there wasn’t a lot of call for regulation of the funeral industry in the aftermath of the TV exposés of eyebrow-raising behind-the-scenes practices at branches of Funeral Partners Ltd, Co-operative Funeralcare and Dignity plc. There’ll always be those who want it, of course, and some of them work in the industry. But […]
Coffin dodgers
As far as Hallowe’en surprises go, finding a gang of men hiding in coffins bound for a funeral directors would be pretty spooky. Especially when it’s a trio of stowaway immigrants trying to enter Britain illegally. Border Force officers made the frightening discovery while searching a lorry from Bulgaria – across the border from Dracula’s […]
How many of our crems are fit for purpose?
It’s extraordinary how biddable bolshy Brits can be when they get to a crematorium — amazing what they put up with. Presumably it’s a matter of low-to-zero expectations. You expect it to be awful. It is. Whatever. Up in Jarrow, some people have had enough. Resident James Southern rates South Shields crematorium “wholly inadequate”. He said: […]
