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A SUGGESTION has been put forward to build a memorial garden in Wilton Cemetery. It came from members of Burnfoot Community Council who had previously been told there would be no scope for an additional cemetery to be built on the estate. As there are currently no new plots at Wilton, interments are being carried out at Wellogate Cemetery. But with the impending opening of the Borders’ first crematorium at Melrose, an idea was put forward for a memorial garden instead.

A CREMATORIUM will commemorate its 50th anniversary by opening to the public on Saturday (September 10). The facility, in Writtle Road, opened in November 1961 and has held more than 97,000 cremations and 20,000 burials. Between 10am and 4pm, there will be a programme of activities, including guided tours, how to trace families using burial and cremation records, talks on wills and probate, headstone safety testing and gem cutting demonstrations.

I WISH to convey to you all my utter dismay at the proposed crematorium. My first objection is because we have been waiting for a promised country park for many years. Rugby continues to expand as more and more housing estates are shoehorned into every available plot. Large houses are bought and bulldozed to make way for mini housing estates, yet we still do not have any recreational facilities such as those at Daventry and Coombe Abbey. My second objection is it is far to close to housing - not the sort of thing you want to look at when walking around the footpaths.

A CREMATORIUM is to broadcast its funerals live across the internet as part of a pay-per-view service for mourners. Coychurch Crematorium will also sell video and audio recordings of funerals for family and friends to relive their loved one’s final journey. But some church leaders have criticised the plans, saying it cheapens the funeral service and exploits vulnerable families. The Rev Geoffrey Fewkes, of Hope Baptist Church, said: “It’s a joke – grief is very personal and the expression of grief is very personal. I think to broadcast it on the internet shows a lack of concern for the individual.”

MOURNERS will be better protected from the elements under plans to improve Sunderland Crematorium. Civic centre bosses have applied for planning permission to erect a canopy at the front entrance of the building, in Bishopwearmouth Cemetery. Chester Road. Sunderland City Council’s city services department said the canopy is essential to provide “adequate protection” from the weather. The planning report, due to go before councillors, reads: “It is tradition for the attendees of the funeral ceremony to wait outside the premises for the funeral cortege and mourners.

A NEW multi-million pound crematorium is being proposed for the outskirts of Havant. The Southern Co-operative is proposing to build the state-of-the-art facility off Bartons Road to take the strain off Portchester Crematorium – the busiest crematorium in England. The new building would measure about 4,200 sq ft, include an environmentally-friendly green roof, and be surrounded by a tranquil memorial garden, a wildflower meadow and a copse for mourners to plant trees for loved ones.

CALDERDALE is home to two of the oldest council workers in the country. They are Selwyn Crabtree, who is 89, and his friend, Ted Johnson, who is mere 88. Both have been employed by Calderdale Council since they were recruited to play the newly installed electric organ at Park Wood Crematorium, in Elland, nearly 25 years ago. They are each on duty for one day every week and can play for as many as six or seven services.

A BURTON mourner said he was left disgusted after workers repairing Bretby Crematorium’s car park shouted at each other during a funeral. Work has already started on revamping the car park at the Geary Lane site after it was controversially bought by Midland Co-operative Society in April for £7.6million. The deal also includes a financial investment of £250,000 by the Co-op to improve the facilities available at the crematorium. Improvements to the car park are first on the list — which has brought anger to those paying their last respects.

THE Scottish Borders’ first crematorium will begin operations in mid-November with construction running ahead of schedule. It will become the only crematorium between Edinburgh and Blyth. The operations director of the company behind the development also revealed he has been inundated with enquiries from funeral directors and ministers who are keen to see the £2.6million project, next to Wairds Cemetery in the lee of the Eildon Hills at Melrose, completed. “That response has been most heartening,” said Adrian Britton of Bristol-based Westerleigh, the UK’s second largest crematorium operator.

TODAY marks the final severance of Bretby Crematorium from its taxpaying public. East Staffordshire Borough Council — as the leading authority — has finally dissolved its contact with the Geary Lane site after 36 years, marking the end of a long saga which involved thousands of residents from across Burton and South Derbyshire. The crematorium’s joint committee, which included members of both councils, is now no more after today’s official dissolution. The reins have now been officially handed to Midlands Co-operative Society.