2016 must have been a bumper year for them when all those celebs died. Swings and roundabouts me thinks.
Milder winters I'm suspecting. If you are a tight arse, you can search your local council to find actual fees for a cremation and burials and build your own one My local council crem charges Adult cremation £940 Burial depending on location within the crematoriun grounds varies from £1,650 - £2,895 My own is a transit from the hospital direct to the crem, have a bbq, then job done for £1,100.
Dignity are majorly expensive too they are buying up independents so they will be thr one and only in time Check out your independents people and keep them in business Apparently older people being able to keep warm due to cold weather payments has helped to keep them alive I’m still thinking about my funeral
Recently bereaved spouses and offspring are suckers when it comes to funerals, wasting money on fancy coffins and overpriced limousines. Undertakers' profit margins are grotesquely high. At least we don't need to waste money on vicars and rabbis any more. My preference would be something simple, straightforward, and respectful without a load of pompous ceremony and needless waste. Dignified, yes, but IMHO ostentatious extravagance is undignified anyway.
Not to mention some unscrupulous stone masons who try and quadruple the price of a headstone - I kid you not.
I'll go along with that. One of my pet hates is companies making an extortionate sum of money from someones death. I am seriously thinking of stipulating in my will that executors MUST seek to find the cheapest way of disposing of my earthly remains. Then spend a disgustingly large amount of money taking all my friends and family down the pub!
I once joked with my ex wife (first one), that I wanted to be cremated and then thrown into the sea off of Clacton Pier but added, be careful and check the wind direction as I didn't want to be blown in her mouth. She looked at me with a scowl, but her current husband was chuckling behind her till she saw him do it
paid for myself and the good lady last year Pure Cremation £1700 each no fuss , no service, basic cask, cremation at unknown location, return of ashes to next of kin. Cuts out all the hypocrisy, the next of kin can oversee the ashes disposal and have a little wake if required.
Burn me in the local forest in a cardboard box (Dell server boxes are pretty sturdy) so wont fall apart while im being shoved in the boot....ashes straight to windy corner on the IOM...2nd class recorded.
I think cardboard boxes are banned in Switzerland. You need something reasonably solid, apparently, to provide enough heat to burn the body. Cardboard, as you know, doesn’t really cut it. Just “whoof!” and it’s gone.
The Co-op were good last year. Reasonable prices and a compassionate and caring service. We’ll be using again.
My wife's mum used the co-op when my father in law passed away a few years back....limo driver looked exactly like one of the krays...to which i told him straight away and he replied with "yeah, everyone says that!"
Brilliant! You should have had some black horses with white feathers to pull the hearse. Could have looked pukkah!
