June 8, 2021
A recent report showed that 42% of people in the UK have not made it known if they would want to be cremated or buried when […]
March 3, 2021
The maximum number of people who can attend is 30, and this may be less if the room is not large enough for adequate social distancing. […]
January 30, 2021
One of the residents in our street died at home yesterday. We, not having not been here that long, and as she had been frail and […]
September 24, 2020
Someone asked me yesterday if I found the work I do as an undertaker depressing – being with people in the height of their grief – […]
September 21, 2020
Funerals have changed over the last 20 years from being largely faith based to over half being more person-centred and individual, led by a celebrant – […]
September 17, 2020
Anthropologist Douglas Davies states that without having some way to deal with death we would not have thrived as a species. Conscious of our mortality we […]
September 14, 2020
The newspapers are full of articles about the cost of funerals. Some heady figures are quoted in these, often between £4,500 and £6000 for a funeral. […]
September 11, 2020
Arranging a funeral at the time of need is usually a daunting task. You may know little about it. Most people don’t talk about it. You […]
September 10, 2020
Bereavement is often a lonely experience during normal times, but at the moment this is exacerbated by the need for social isolating and shielding. Talking, physical […]