Arrests at a funeral directors in Hull.

Exactly. Some crematoria insist on coffins.

pinkquartz

I think using my size double 100 % Duvet cover will stand in well for a shroud. And it is organic and about 15 years old.

Don't you need something that won't leak??

I think using my size double 100 % Duvet cover will stand in well for a shroud. And it is organic and about 15 years old.

Awkward.... right to the end.
Contrary!

I don't want one that fastens down.

I'm buggered if I want my funeral costs to include a coffin!
I want to be wrapped in some hessian or something.

My mum and my daughter had willow coffins.

Someone I know had a most elaborate wicker one. It was beautiful but presumably was cremated too ☹

My neighbours daughter had a cardboard coffin.
It wasn't cheap though, or not much cheaper than the usual ones.

Cardboard is becoming very popular.

I had a read up earlier, and it is possible to be cremated in a shroud.

The problem is securing the body, as it moves, apparently.

It can be done, though.

I think re-useable coffins are a very good idea, where cremations are involved.

Oh, do they?
I never realised that
I shall have to look it up properly.
I thought they wrapped you up in hessian or something.

Maybe my brain made that up, though. 🙂

MissAdventure

BlueBelle

I can never understand people having jewellery or even keeping urns of ashes They are all mixed up and you may just be getting wood ash back anyway, even from the legit firms
I sawan elderly gent on TV over this case in tears thinking he had his wives ashes and being told he didn’t

It s all a terrible con in my opinion The prices are ridiculous
Why are we forced to have a coffin to be burnt (or reused) why can’t you be burnt in a cotton bag

You can, I think, depending on your wishes.
The pure cremations just use a bag, as far as I know.

I think they take the body away in a coffin.
Does that mean they re-ypuse the coffins?

petra

My body is registered for donation, that’s providing I still have all the bits they need to look at 😂

Just be aware that you need to have a Plan B in place, just in case they can't accept your body at the time. My mother had stipulated that she wanted to donate her body, but when she did, they couldn't accept it as they already had their full quota.

BlueBelle

I can never understand people having jewellery or even keeping urns of ashes They are all mixed up and you may just be getting wood ash back anyway, even from the legit firms
I sawan elderly gent on TV over this case in tears thinking he had his wives ashes and being told he didn’t

It s all a terrible con in my opinion The prices are ridiculous
Why are we forced to have a coffin to be burnt (or reused) why can’t you be burnt in a cotton bag

You can, I think, depending on your wishes.
The pure cremations just use a bag, as far as I know.

My heart goes out for the poor families.

My body is registered for donation, that’s providing I still have all the bits they need to look at 😂

Germanshepherdsmum

I have never understood why anyone would want to be cremated.

Why? Genuine question. Cremation is the preferred option for many people now - and with increasing pressure on space in graveyards, maybe it's time to be looking at alternatives, such as resomation.

Germanshepherdsmum

I have never understood why anyone would want to be cremated.

But why not?

Burials take up land. And I think it’s terribly sad to see overgrown, neglected graves. You read the headstones, ‘Always remembered’, and similar. Yes, while family members live locally, and are able to attend regularly, keep things tidy, put on fresh flowers.

But when those family members have moved, got too old to look after things, or die themselves. Who remembers then?

Country churchyards are the worst, but even certain graves in municipal cemeteries soon look forgotten.

Cremation for me.

I have never understood why anyone would want to be cremated.

I can never understand people having jewellery or even keeping urns of ashes They are all mixed up and you may just be getting wood ash back anyway, even from the legit firms
I sawan elderly gent on TV over this case in tears thinking he had his wives ashes and being told he didn’t

It s all a terrible con in my opinion The prices are ridiculous
Why are we forced to have a coffin to be burnt (or reused) why can’t you be burnt in a cotton bag

The funeral director and his daughter were arrested on suspicion of preventing a lawful and decent burial, fraud by misrepresentation and fraud by abuse of position. 35 bodies were removed for identification together with a quantity of what was suspected to be human ashes. One woman interviewed said she was told her husband was cremated some time ago but his body was one of those removed. The police investigation continues. It’s not difficult to join the dots.

It is not yet clear what offences may have been committed if no charges have been brought. Obviously it is very unsettling for the relatives but we can't speculate.

Yes, I would think they have. It would have to be something like a toothbrush, hairbrush or comb which hadn’t been washed since the deceased used it - some people might keep such items but probably not many.