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Obituaries
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Gordon | Report | 3 Feb 2005 11:38 |
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Is it true most of you in the UK don't publish obits? The High Wycomb library told me that the majority of people in UK don't bother doing this like the rest of the world... I was looking for my uncle's obituary and they don't me there isn't one. |
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PinkDiana | Report | 3 Feb 2005 11:48 |
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I think it's a personal choice.... we never published one for Nan when she passed!! Friends and family were all told obviously so there seemed to be little point!! |
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Gordon | Report | 3 Feb 2005 12:13 |
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I'm in Brantford Ontario Canada, and in the local paper here, just about every day in the obituary columns there is usually someone listed who is originally from the UK. Considering 3 of my aunts and uncles have died in the UK within the last 10 years and I wasn't aware of it until recently, I was absolutely floored to learn there were no obituaries at all, funeral homes here insert obits in the paper whether you are famous or not. I realize it's hard to think of the future down the line when you have a zillion things to do at the time of death, but if there were obituaries, generations down the line can easily do lookups in microfilm copies of newspapers. I'm thinking how else am I going to find about modern day relatives? |
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PinkDiana | Report | 3 Feb 2005 12:42 |
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Linda.... that's awful but maybe they did it for the very reason of letting the 1st family know? |
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PennyDainty | Report | 3 Feb 2005 14:05 |
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Have to say Gordon, think most folk up here still do, our papers have them in every night. Christine |
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Limara | Report | 3 Feb 2005 14:14 |
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i would have loved to have put an obit in the local paper for my grandad but it was far to expensive it was summat like £40 for 15 words..... its disgusting limmy xxx |
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Devon Dweller | Report | 3 Feb 2005 14:20 |
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It used to be a tradition but I guess in this day and age of modern communication people find it less of an effective way of letting people know the news. I remember my Nan in High Wycombe, many years ago reading the paper saying 'You'll know when your dead because you'll read it in the paper' Sheila Linda, what an awful way for your husband to find out. I hope he's alright |
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AnninGlos | Report | 3 Feb 2005 15:08 |
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There are always a lot in our local paper - I think if you want it the funeral firm will put it in as notification of the date/time of funeral. We put obituaries in the paper for both my Mum and Dad, it is a way of letting people know and theyw ere well known in their town. we don't put yearly in memoriam ones in though. Ann Glos |
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