Stop Stockton Borough Council enforcing the removal of personal items from childrens' graves at Durham Road Cemetery
We, the undersigned, ask that Stockton Borough Council rethink their demand for parents to remove items from the graves of their children at Durham Road Cemetery so that the graves can all be grassed... continue reading »
"i find this most degrading to the memory of the babies that are laid to rest there. My nephew passed away over 21 yrs ago now and his mum still visits his grave often"
"Appauling"
"I think this is disgraceful, all these parents find it some comfort to go and see these graves all bright, this is a baby garden!! The the poor relatives of these babies should be able to take things that they feel there is some comfort to the babies! It "
"Discraceful Very Dissapointing"
"Where is the dignity for these parents and their lost babies. It could be your family one day."
"only a parent that has lost a child would understand the importance of being able to leave things for our ^i^Children"
"This is sacrilege!!!!"
"It seems the Council is using the H&S excuse to grass over graves to reduce costs. Perhaps they should employ less 'diversity co-ordinators' & think about their core values & responsibilities instead."
"Absolutely disgraceful. Quit your namby pamby rules!"
"Let us be the best parents we can be to our angels. Please dont take our comforts away x"
"i'm outraged to hear this,hope you can keep them on,"
"I want to wish you good luck. My heart goes out to you. It makes me sick to think they could consider disrespecting a childs memorie this way. No one could possibly consider such actions fair or nesercery would they ?"
"yr taking away the only comfort left"
"How totally unfeeling and uncaring of your community you are. Presumably so you can cut down on the number of man hours required to keep the place tidy, by creating anough space for a ride-on lawnmower to just go over all the grassed graves much faster. Y"
