I have been busy looking through various Liverpool Cemeteries recently doing a bit of research. I was alarmed to see that all is not good within these grounds.
First of all, I rang the central number to try and trace a grave and was told that there is a ?10 fee!
At each of the cemeteries, there are boarded up lodges and nobody in sight if you want to find out any information as to where a section of particular grave might be. If you are lucky, you may find a worker dotted around but not always the case.
Finally, there are many many gravestones that have toppled over and have been left. I enquired about this and was told that it is a matter for families to sort this out and presumably pay for repairs etc. Now my own thoughts are that
1. A plot is expensive and surely the cost of one takes into account maintenance
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2. If there are no relatives, does the stone lie where its fallen forever?
3. If it is down to the cost of labour, would it not be a good project for the "Community Payback" programme for offenders to repair?
Just wondered what your thoughts were.
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