▲ 15 ▼ Campaigners in south London issue plea to stop allotments being turned into graveyard (www.standard.co.uk) submitted 1 month ago by okwithmydecay@leminal.space to c/london@feddit.uk 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago (2 children) can't people be buried elsewhere? London is big you know permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vic_rattlehead@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago I would love that, with the caveat that the tree is protected and can only be taken down with consent from my family permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vic_rattlehead@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago I would love that, with the caveat that the tree is protected and can only be taken down with consent from my family permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago I would love that, with the caveat that the tree is protected and can only be taken down with consent from my family permalink fedilink source parent