The GFG Blog
2014May
Death on the island
Charles
May
29
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The dead of the First World War were tucked up in cemeteries designed and regulated by Those Who Know Best. Edwin Lutyens was one of the architects. Rudyard Kipling was in charge of what was inscribed. The result is, most people agree, fitting and splendid. It was achieved by denying
Death by chocolate #bovo2014
Charles
May
25
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From the Birmingham Post 25 May 2014: They’re the Oscars you definitely would be seen dead at – and there’s guaranteed to be stiff opposition for a gong. The inaugural Ideal Death Show, a top of the plots for the funeral industry, promises to be a celebration in Birmingham of
Owl you need is love
Charles
May
23
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The natural death movement in the UK of the early 90s was very much a child of its time. Its parents were the natural childbirth movement and the environmental movement. The happy coupling resulted in the birth of twins: the DIY funeral and natural burial. The natural burial movement
MuchLoved launches multi-charity fundraising in memory
Charles
May
22
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Example of a MuchLoved online charity giving page We’re always happy to promote the work of top people we really like. One of them is Jonathan Davies and his team at MuchLoved. MuchLoved is the pioneer of online charity fundraising at funerals. Enhancements to the website’s functionality means it’s now possible to fundraise for any
Why undertakers don’t post their prices
Charles
May
21
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The following is by Charles Manby Smith writing in London Life magazine in 1853. Messrs. Moan and Groan know well enough, that when the heart is burdened with sorrow, considerations of economy are likely to be banished from the mind as out of place, and disrespectful to the memory of
Less is more
Charles
May
20
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ED’s WARNING: Very long, boring post today. Dig down into the history of any profession and you quickly hit dirt. Medicine, for example. Go back a couple of hundred years and your spade clunks up against a deplorable assortment of scoundrelly self-taught barber-surgeons, apothecaries, midwives and drug peddlers wreaking all manner of unscientific havoc on their patients.
Dignity shares nosedive!
Charles
May
17
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The GFG blogged about Dignity earlier this week — and look what happened to the share price. Source
Tell them where to go
Charles
May
16
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The number of funerals the average person is called upon to arrange in the course of a lifetime is just 2. (Mummy & Daddy) For some, though, Reaper G’s scythe lays waste to vast swathes of their nearest and dearest. For these unlucky souls, arranging and attending funerals can be pretty much a full time
Dignity makes a difference
Charles
May
15
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Capital expenditure at foot of page And today’s difference is that between Dignity plc’s capital expenditure in the 52 week period ending 27 Dec 2013 — £12.4 million… and capital expenditure in the 52 week period ending 27 Dec 2013 — £1.4 million This saving of £11 million is huge in the context
Sagewatch
Charles
May
15
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Dedicated followers of Richard Sage will know that he is operating out of the Mayer Funeral Home. Invoices issued by the Mayer Funeral Home show that it is owned by Medi Call Southern Ltd, incorporated by Companies House on 07-11-2012. M-Call is – no surprises – an air ambulance
