I kid you not. Now where might a product such as this be produced, come on guess…. The Netherlands, which accordingly to the straweyist of straw-type polls I conducted was the bookies favourite. I love the Dutch. Not just because of their determination to bring all things back to sex, but in the unflinching way […]
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Money raised for charities from metal reclaimed from a crematoria to top £2m
Now this is good news. The money raised for charities from the recycled metals the arise from cremation is set to reach £2m. When a body is cremated the non-combustible parts are left behind: the bones (the ashes) and any metal which arises. This metal was historically just the ironwork used to make the coffin […]
Continue readingSome Dutch Authorities are ripping people off for Scattering Ashes
Firstly, in the Netherlands, you can’t simply scatter ashes wherever you choose. Ashes must be scattered in a designated place, and the trouble is that there appears to be a huge disparity in what councils charge for the privilege. This issue was reported by Dutch News, following an investigation by the consumer affairs television programme […]
Continue readingParatrooper’s Ashes Scattered Over Arnhem in Fitting Farewell
Paratrooper’s Ashes Scattered Over Arnhem in Fitting Farewell This is a great story of paratrooper, veteran of WWII and subsequent conflicts, having his ashes scattered at the site of one of the famous locations in airborne military history. Ernest Venus passed away earlier this year and his daughter Joan Venus Evans thought it would be […]
Continue readingCremation Tourism: Germans travel Holland to avoid cost and red tape!
Why some Germans choose Dutch cremation and return ashes home The thing about cremation is that it is not the end of the journey; it would appear that people don’t consider the crematoria to be the final resting place. Why would you need a connection with where you are cremated – it is the cremation […]
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