John Craven’s Yorkshire Farewell – and a Monty Python Twist
How famous farewells reflect the lives behind them It’s always striking when well-known names share their thoughts about what should happen when they go. For some, it’s a grand memorial or a lavish tomb. For others, it’s far simpler – and all the more touching for it. Countryfile’s John Craven recently revealed where he’d like […]
More...When Scattering Ashes Goes Wrong – and How to Get It Right
Every now and then, videos appear online of scattering ashes ceremonies that don’t quite go to plan. They can be darkly funny – a gust of wind reversing the moment, a boat’s engine scattering more than the mourners expected, or a poorly chosen spot leading to an unintended mishap. While they raise a smile, they […]
More...Water Logging Allows Exhumation on Church of England Land
Exhumation of Ashes: A Rare but Necessary Decision Now here is a recent case further expanding our understand of exhumation on Church or England / consecrated ground. The recent case involved St. Peter’s churchyard in Aubourn, near Lincoln, and highlights the rare and complex circumstances under which ashes can be moved from their resting place. […]
More...Googlebox Star – George Gilbey’s Ashes
The Googlebox star George Gilbey died in a tragic construction accident in March this year. Since the cremation his mum (Linda McGarry – also a Googlebox Star) has held on to the ashes wondering where they should be scattered. She has finally decided on a beach near her home in Essex where her Husbands ashes […]
More...A Sons disastrous ashes scattering – a story shared
A Son’s Disastrous Ashes Scattering – True Experience Shared Thought I would share this, we et a lot of correspondence . This chap wished to told me his story, I have asked him and he doesn’t mind me sharing with you… I stood on the edge of the cliff, the urn cradled in my trembling […]
More...Does the Spirit Stay with the Ashes? The Meaning Behind Scattering Ashes
Does the Spirit Stay with the Ashes? I don’t tend to write about spiritual matters very often — mainly because I don’t feel particularly qualified. But a recent phone call from a customer got me thinking. The conversation went something like this: “There are a lot of people who want to say goodbye to my […]
More...Used Tupperware – Now that is a conundrum?
Ashes dilemmas pop up in every walk of life. I have just finished Richard Osman’s best seller – The Thursday Murder Club about a group of septuagenarians living in a retirement village, who are engaged upon solving a crime that is in their vicinity. A brilliant novel, twists and turns with the most excellent characterisation. […]
More...Veteran’s Ashes Parachuted in for a final farewell
Remembrance Sunday Remembrance Sunday is an important time of reflection. It has been 101 years since the guns fell silent at the end of the ‘Great’ War, 75 years since D-Day and this year also saw the 75th anniversary of the ill-fated operation Market Garden, the offensive to capture strategic bridges in the Netherlands, that […]
More...Woman sunbathes in the middle of a Scattering Ashes Ceremony
This image surprised and saddened me. It appeared on the website Reddit and it shows a woman sunbathing in the middle of an ash scattering ceremony. The story comes from Hungary, the son had started to clear a space of debris etc in preparation for the ashes ceremony early that morning, as it was his […]
More...The two opposite roles water fulfils when it comes to scattering ashes
Scattering ashes on water paradoxically seems to occupy two opposite roles at the same time: a place of special meaning and a somewhere anonymous. This occurred to me after I read two stories one after another of the different roles that water was fulfilling. The first was a report on Shoko Asahara the leader of […]
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