You may think we have ‘issues’ with the City Council, Bereavements Department in Birmingham but they pale into insignificance with those of the Friends of Camberwell Cemeteries in London.
Follow the links to find out what is happening there and the reuse of grave areas.
We must stress that, as far as we are aware, Birmingham has no plans to adopt this method of creating burial areas, and locally we are lucky that we have a fairly recently established Cemetery at Kings Norton, with a large amount of ground available there.
www.savesouthwarkwoods.org.uk/soldiers-graves-mounded-over
www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=1cLb1krd3Cc
Our thoughts are with The Friends of Camberwell Cemeteries and their allied struggle for Southwark Woods.