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 »
"Tending the graves, memorials of our children is all that is left to us. Please do not take this away."
"please the children rest in there sleep"
"R.I.P Jayden. Let all these children Rest In Peace. The family have been through enough grief without these people adding to it."
"This should never happen."
"Me and my partner lost a child and we feel that where he lays to rest is (appart from in our hearts) his home. Would any member of the council be acceptable to someone coming along and taking the belongings from there home or telling them they had to pain"
"The need for this petition has sickened me. I cannot quite believe anyone would be so low as to ask this of a grieving parent. I sincerely hope this is just something that hasn't been thought through properly and that the idea will now be scrapped."
"Please don't take away my toy it helps my family and fills me with joy,so please don't take away my toy."
"having lost a child myself I understand the need for somewhere that reflects the familys and the childs love and needs"
"The council should be ashamed of themselves how dare they think they have the right to command bereaved parents to do such a thing as if the grief isn't hard enough but to be forced to treat the resting place of their precious ones as nothing more than a "
"i think we should choose what we put on the graves"
"Noone should be able to tell others how to grieve"
"i think that this is so wrong you wouldn't stop buying presents for your living child so why expect parents not to do it for their angels and to walk over the grave show some respect"
