General Chat

I had to take out insurance on my daughter's headstone as I was so worried that it would be vandalised, and fear there will be destruction etc everytime I visit there, she is in an area that is rather tucked away and not many marked graves around where she lays. It's only a tiny headstone, about 18" x 12" but the yew tree next to her is getting bigger and bigger, stopping anything pretty growing on the grave now and I worry that a branch will come down and damage the stone or the man with the mower will do something stupid, in the past one workman mowed over the grave and cut down all the little rose trees, mini ones, that were flowering there. His remark to his boss was something like, what does it matter - they can't see the flowers. He was transferred to a different job straightaway, now mowes the park nearby. Good thing I wasn't around, I would have thumped him!
He wasn't a teenage yob either, he was a man in his thirties doing his job, but not doing it properly. No respect, what an idiot.
Lizx

You seem to see this sort of desecration in a lot of places in the world. And yes it is sad. My great grandparents are right by a main road and their gravestone is in good nick - my cousin goes and re silvers their names every so often and you can actually read them as you drive by but other sites further back from the road have been damaged. Obviously having a front row seat has its advantages.

My parents have a military plaque - they met at the end of the war and both served in that war tho only my mother went overseas. The military section where they are has the most wonderful view on a hilly slope looking out to sea. I just hope it stays that way and is not used as a bit of prime real estate in years to come.

Norma

All it needs is a little respect,