Undertakers stop off for a McDONALD’S with a family’s dead mother in the back of their hearse 

Undertakers stop off for a McDONALD’S with a family’s dead mother in the back of their hearse Indian Funeral Directors staff were seen carrying a take-out bag to their hearse  Company claim that one of their staff is diabetic and had family’s permission   Mother-of-two Deborah Carlisle, 57, took pictures of the incident By Isabella Nikolic … Read more

Family of undertakers build modern take on prehistoric barrow-style tomb to house 900 ashes

A family of undertakers have branched out and built a modern take on a prehistoric tomb to meet the demand for an alternative to burial. The Round Barrow in Corscombe, Dorset, is only the fifth tomb of its kind in the country and has recently opened. The project, which has 990 niches to hold urns … Read more

Covid-19 funeral with no mourners and undertakers six feet apart

A sombre image in a funeral hall of the coffins of an elderly husband and wife who both died from Covid-19 captures the tragic reality of the pandemic as the pair were laid side by side with no mourners in attendance.  The family-run A W Lymn funeral directors has served the people of Nottingham, Notts, … Read more

Coronavirus doubles burials for Royal undertakers Levetons as they ‘run out of space’ for bodies

Coronavirus doubles burials for Royal undertakers Levetons: Boss of Britain’s oldest funeral firm says they are doing 50 services a week and are ‘running out of space’ to store bodies Levertons, undertakers to Royals, are conducting twice the number of services Founded in 1789 firm are now adapting to history in the making during covid-19  Workers are … Read more