Gravestones for sale!!!????

[aghadowey]

Where my relatives are buried in Germany the plots change ownership 30 years after death and old headstones are removed unless family pays to keep the plot longer.

[dollylee]

So much for "Final Resting Place" and "Rest in Peace"

dollylee

[Lydart]

In Greece (possibly because of scarcity of unrocky spaces but more likely because of the rites of the Orthodox Church) ... they bury the bodies for I think three or five years; after that the bones are dug up and placed in a family casket kept in a nearby ossuary.  At that point, mourning is supposed to cease. 

[Suziesmith37]

Similar issue 16 century graveyard in Wales being built on and the graves moved (those they know about that is!)  (In the Common Room found it today 01.03.08)

Plans have been re-submitted to destroy 16th Century Graveyard for a developer to build houses.
The Church in Wales can't afford to maintain the grounds, so have decided to sell.

What happened to respect?

Very saddened by it all

Su

[Rewcastle]

What happened to respect?

George Galloway M.P. changed the use/meaning of it, when he started prancing around in a skin tight leotard on TV. 

[toni*]

Plans have been re-submitted to destroy 16th Century Graveyard for a developer to build houses.
The Church in Wales can't afford to maintain the grounds, so have decided to sell.

I geuss the local people are aware of this
did they know they coudl volunteer to keep the grounds tidy i.e. set up an action group where they meet say once a month to do work int he grounds

good idea i know (modest aren't I)
but its gettign the volunteers

[Suziesmith37]

Toni

That could happen yet Pity we all don't live closer!

Last minutes hopes with CADW.

I help my Dad clean and weed all our families graves locally but unfortunately some families move away or fade altogther.

Something to inspire in the next generation I think

Su