I've just seen the most beautiful horse-drawn hearse go along our little high street. A cut- glass coach with wonderful decoration on top, the coachman and groom in black with stark white cravats and black small top hats[there is name for the small topper], pair of shiny black horses with black plumes [must have cost a fortune] and of course the chap walking in front with a black staff with a silver top. He wore a long black coat,trousers,waistcoat,cravat and hat and white gloves [as I said a fortune. It looked wonderful, nostalgic and really a great way to make your last journey. Loads of youngsters were taking photos on their phones. I can understand them wanting to catch the scene but how,as a mourner, would you feel? Is it appropriate? Someone at work told me that she had witnessed a terrible accident where a young woman had been knocked over and killed by a speeding car. People were taking photos of the scene and the young girl. Why? To post on YouTube? What do the other Gransnetters feel about this?
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To think that London, or anywhere else for that matter, does not belong to any one demographic