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On 24/07/2013 17:11, Janet wrote:
In article , david@abacus- nurseries.co.uk says... On 24/07/2013 11:24, Janet wrote: In article , david@abacus- nurseries.co.uk says... Remember we started cremation here in the UK See http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/pos...s_of_cremation Of course we didn't; it was used thousands of years earlier http://crematorium.eu/history_of_cremation.html Price, as an educated and political man living in the hey day of the British Raj would certainly have known corpse cremation was long used in India. Janet OK I'll put it another way Cremation in the UK was started in Wales, with Dr William Price, No it wasn't. Try again :-) You might start with the Vikings and work backwards beyond the Romans... Janet And you would remember? |
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On 2013-07-24 18:22:55 +0100, David Hill said:
On 24/07/2013 17:11, Janet wrote: In article , david@abacus- nurseries.co.uk says... On 24/07/2013 11:24, Janet wrote: In article , david@abacus- nurseries.co.uk says... Remember we started cremation here in the UK See http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/pos...s_of_cremation Of course we didn't; it was used thousands of years earlier http://crematorium.eu/history_of_cremation.html Price, as an educated and political man living in the hey day of the British Raj would certainly have known corpse cremation was long used in India. Janet OK I'll put it another way Cremation in the UK was started in Wales, with Dr William Price, No it wasn't. Try again :-) You might start with the Vikings and work backwards beyond the Romans... Janet And you would remember? Cremation as we understand it is relatively modern. Tidily tucked into a box and gliding away etc. is a relatively new process. A funeral pyre is a rather different thing but the outcome is the same. Indeed, one could say that, whatever the method chosen, that is so! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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