Funeral Coffin

[retrocop]

Just returned from my beautiful and much loved 80 yr old cousins funeral.She was a wonderful wife and mother and left two great daughters and 80yr old husband. A very close family..
My question is that she was cremated and arrived at the Crem in a well crafted basket weave coffin.The lid was held on by rope toggles similar to duffel coat horn fastenings and interweaved with blue Forget-me Not type flowers. Being a person who admires craftsmanship I couldn't help staring at the coffin throughout the sevice and thinlking 'what a bloody waste' if that goes up in smoke. I am quite a cynical bloke and have met quite a few undertakers but does any one think that this coffin is actually going to end up in a oven with my cousin?
Your thoughts?

[gness]

Buy the daisy coffin now, Bodeker.......have it as a talking point or turn it into a wine rack till you need it....... ;-)

[lankeela]

Until fairly recently when I saw a programme about crematoriums I honestly thought that when the curtains closed they went through a trap door into the oven.

[Cloverjo]

Bestnot to think too much about the body once the curtains close. That’s the worst bit.

[jno]

you could always import one from Ghana, bodeker

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[retrocop]

Well don't they? That is what I always assumed.My passengers remarked,when leaving the Crem, that the coffin remained on the byre when the mourners were invited to inspect the flowers outside.We all agreed that the norm in the past was for the curtains to close and one could hear the coffin trundle on the electic rollers through the back door to the lift down to the oven. This caused great distress and gasps from the family and relatives in days before.
I am still not convinced that in most cases the coffin is burnt.

[Cloverjo]

I had to laugh out loud about the Marlboro one. How terrible/great is that?

I went to a funeral recently of a woman who would always check up on the beach wardens to make sure they were doing their job properly. Her coffin was topped by a sign saying “Beach Warden”. It raised quite titter.

[Cloverjo]

^^A twitter ^^

[MTbowels]

It's worth looking at the Co-op funeral service website and the coffins they have available. It's a real eye-opener.

[EDDIE51]

All Coffins are buried with the deceased inside ! Coffin making is a large industry , reuseing coffins would put them out of business !
In the UK at least it is a legal requirement that the coffin is cremated or buried with the body ! It is possible to get 'Fiberboard' coffins (they don't call them 'cardboard' but that is what it is ! )

[Baldric]

To be fair I think mourners at a Funeral might just notice if the Body was buried without a coffin Eddie.

[gness]

Oh you’ve made me smile, Eddie.......the image of a burial without the coffin..... upset though I was I think I’d have noticed....... :-)

[roopower]

I always wanted to be stuffed and mounted in a glass case to be stood in the corner of the room.....I have changed my mind now!

[derek-33]

gingejbee
i'm with you all my nearest and dearest agree do you own send off.straight to crem: no service just have a knees up afterwards.
btw cardboard is the way to go
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ecological-Cardboard-Coffin-Italian-Style/163082735513?hash=item25f87d0f99:m:mEH3pexRe1LI9CWTVtu1-WA&var=462221798657

[woofgang]

bodeker my Mum wanted a wicker coffin and a pink hearse to shock the neighbours and for everybody to turn up in bright clothes, so that's what we did.