Tuesday 10 February 2015

Q: When Is A Council Happy To Upset Travellers?

A: When the alternative is upsetting a Muslim…
Shadrack Smith was buried at the Lychgate Lane cemetery after a traditional Romany funeral on Friday .
His family brought three plots they picked which faced his home at Aston Firs - a tradition in Romany culture.
But since they purchased the plots the family of a Muslim man, who was already buried on the site, have objected to 89-year-old Mr Smith being buried next to him, despite the cemetery being billed as open to all faiths and denominations.
Well, surely the council told them to take the sex & travel option?
Tracey Smith, Shadrack’s daughter-in-law, said: “My mother-in-law chose the plot - she had her heart set on it.
“The grave was already being dug and bricked out when we had a call last Monday at 5.45pm from Julie Perrin at the parish council asking us if we could move plots.
“We said no - we bought the land and it was too late to find another plot.”
*gobsmacked*

Can anyone – anyone at all – explain to me the mindset of someone that blithely rings up a grieving family and expects them to comply with this outrageous request?

Nor is Julie Perrin the only cretin at this parish council. Someone else presumably came up with this bizarre ‘resolution’ attempt:
The Smith family said Burbage Parish Council, which runs the cemetery, asked if it could buy one of their empty plots in between the two graves to plant a hedge to separate the plots.
I…

I just…
Chairman of the parish council, Councillor Richard Flemming, said: “Burbage Parish Council provides an award-winning cemetery for the benefit of the whole community. The cemetery is multi-faith and non-denominational, providing a number of interment and memorial options in a peaceful, serene, picturesque environment.
“Unfortunately the parish council has recently received representation from two families regarding the allocation of adjacent grave plots within Burbage Cemetery.
“The parish council is sympathetic to the feelings of both families concerned and is committed to working with the relatives and the wider community to reach an amicable and acceptable solution.”
Well, it’s clear that we know what a winning hand in Victimhood Poker is now, at least if you play against Burbage Parish Council.

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13 comments:

  1. Anonymous10 February 2015 at 09:39

    The bodies concerned are too dead to care about proximity. The council is braindead.

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  2. Budvar10 February 2015 at 11:19

    I have a solution to the problem, donate the empty plot to me, as I don't mind being interred next to both a Pikey and a Paki...

    An eternity between these too in the afterlife, my the millennia would just fly by..

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  3. Anonymous10 February 2015 at 14:10

    My interest was piqued by "award winning cemetery" (C. of the year, once, in 2004 since you ask).

    And guess what? It's as bizarre as it sounds. Check out the Good Funeral Awards website.

    a) The visual design,

    b) The categories, e.g. embalmer of the year. I won't spoil the rest.

    Go and have a look - it's just a fantastic way to spend 10 minutes.

    - Justin

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    1. andy575912 February 2015 at 21:32

      Thanks for that, it was just the tonic. I like the Ideal Death Show, let's hope that the Show comes to a town near me before it's too late.

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  4. Anonymous10 February 2015 at 19:12

    I wonder if we could extend the apartheid the God-bothering Glitterites require from the afterlife into the here and now ?

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  5. Michael10 February 2015 at 19:30

    If the occupants of these plots were ever picky, then they are well past it now. As for the "council" are they going to claim the late Mr Smith got buried on a Bank Holiday Weekend when they were out?

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  6. Flaxen Saxon10 February 2015 at 21:00

    Who wants a gypo living next to them, even in death.There goes the neighbourhood.

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  7. Furor Teutonicus11 February 2015 at 08:34

    XX His family brought three plots they picked which faced his home at Aston Firs - a tradition in Romany culture. XX

    I thought they were so proud of being "Travellers?"

    How the fuck can the bastards have a home that is so permanent, that they can plant their relatives facing it?

    I mean, every time they move on they must have to turn around?

    Talk about "Spinning in the grave."

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  8. Furor Teutonicus11 February 2015 at 08:35

    XX Michael said...

    If the occupants of these plots were ever picky, XX

    This lot appear to be "ever pikey."

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  9. Anonymous11 February 2015 at 18:47

    oops ! I posted this as an o/t on the Spectrum post - might have known you'd be on the case.

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  10. AndrewWS13 February 2015 at 08:50

    I find myself wondering how the Muslim family came to know about this.

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  11. JuliaM16 February 2015 at 05:48

    "My interest was piqued by "award winning cemetery""

    It's....a whole new world!

    "As for the "council" are they going to claim the late Mr Smith got buried on a Bank Holiday Weekend when they were out?"

    *chuckles*

    "I thought they were so proud of being "Travellers?""

    I travel more than most of 'em do!

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