Gravestones etc

[Jane Eden]

Guy

There are gravestones around it. The red paint marks the spot.

Jane

[Guy Etchells]

I would have thought the photo gives you a clue there are obviously unmarked grave plots all round your great grandparents grave. It is highly likely that stones have been removed no matter what you are being told.

I note the only kerbs seem to be on plots with a headstone as well.

The way the class system works in cemeteries is apart from pauper graves there are other graves which headstone are not allowed. This gives the impression that the cemetery is not as crowded as might otherwise be the case if every grave was marked.
Cheers
Guy

[Jane Eden]

Guy

Thanks. I will start investigating.

Jane

[MarieC]

There are so many sad stories - and yours is one, Prue!

And yours is another, Ken.  It is really, really sad that your father cannot replace the headstone to say who is buried there.  I wish you had cemetery regulations like we do in Oz.  We have just had a plaque attached to a headstone to commemorate someone whose ashes were informally buried in a grave and never commemorated, and there was absolutely no problem.  I do hope you and your dad can find a way around it.

Marie

[GRACELAND]

   After reading the posts on here it seems we still like our Gravestones   

 You can Have a pot put on unpurchased Graves   
 With Names dates  on est !!   

[D ap D]

You can Have a pot put on unpurchased Graves   
 With Names dates  on est !! 

Hey thats a good idea, without going to too much expense.

Aren't pots likely to get knocked over, kicked around, hit by lawnmowers, stolen though, if they are just standing around?

[Keziahemm]

Hi

We put a small marble urn on my mother's grave when the hole in the stone, for flowers, sprung a leak!   

After my father died we had the pot engraved with their names but we do keep the grave free of grass, otherwise it makes it difficult for the man with the mower  

Susan 

[jax]

I found this post very interesting.

I have a grave of my grandparents which is unmarked and I have often thought of putting a stone there, but have never persued the idea because I thought it would cost more than I could afford. 

Does anybody have any estimation of the cost of a traditional average sized stone so that I can approach other family members with the idea? 

thanks for any ideas

jax

[GRACELAND]

     Now if were talking pots i mean Heavy Marble one with names on etc , Not cheap Brown Plastic ones 

     Then no fear of blowing away at least ,