Coffins

A brave new world? Contemporary practices in the UK and Ireland

What would you have us do with your body after death? Would you consider some altruistic options, such as donating…

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Cemeteries Around the World: Tomb of Alexandria

Deep in the heart of historic Alexandria, Egypt, a tomb lay hidden for centuries, until, as stories claim, an unsuspecting…

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Crematorium donates £5k to charity

Christmas has come early for a Hertfordshire-based charity after it received a £5,000 cheque from Harwood Park Crematorium in Stevenage.…

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Katie Price may launch own line of ‘crystallised coffins’

Businesswoman and model Katie Price has announced plans to sell her own ‘crystallised coffins’. According to The Sun newspaper, the…

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Archaeologists find evidence of early Christian plank-lined burials

Archaeologists from MOLA have uncovered rare plank-lined graves and tree-trunk coffins dating from the 7th-9th century AD. The important Anglo-Saxon…

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Sales manager celebrates 25 years’ service at J C Walwyn & Sons

Sales manager at J C Walwyn & Sons Ltd, Michael Marshall, has recently celebrated his work anniversary of 25 years…

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New SAIF President Paul Bowley shares plans for 2017

Newly appointed SAIF president Paul Bowley has outlined his vision for the next 12 months – pledging to work with…

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J C Atkinson featured by BBC Look North

Coffin and casket manufacturer, J C Atkinson & Son, were featured on BBC Look North on January 3. The company…

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Funeral directors wins award for Outstanding Performing Business

Kenneth Keegan Independent Funeral Directors has been named an Outstanding Performing Business by Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce. The ‘ROCCO’ Awards…

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Coffin manufacturer helps put on panto

It was panto time in Oxford just before Christmas, when the Oxfordshire Freemasons entertained local disabled and disadvantaged youngsters with…

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