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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[-] BodePlotHole@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Would those be cemeteries? Grave yards only occur adjacent to a church...

Either way, burying people is as much a waste of space as grass yards...

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