Campaigners in south London issue plea to stop allotments being turned into graveyard (www.standard.co.uk)

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Neighbours are calling on Richmond Council to pause its planned closure of the Shacklegate Lane allotments on October 1 to allow time for the rollout of alternative solutions to a shortage of burial space in the borough.

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[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 3 days ago

can't people be buried elsewhere? London is big you know

[-] vic_rattlehead@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

I'm surprised the city bothers with cemeteries at all. Just wrap me in one of those fungus cloths and plant a tree above me. At least then my body will contribute something to the next generation instead of just taking up space that nobody can do anything else with.

[-] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

I would love that, with the caveat that the tree is protected and can only be taken down with consent from my family

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