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Dead unburied at Bank Holiday
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Heard a man in the bank say there were 20 odd dead bodies unburied due to the Bank Holiday, creating a backlog.
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its because deaths cant be registered except for emergencies on non mon to fri 9-5 hours
*slow clap* lol
it always surprises me that people ARE able to get funerals arranged as quickly as they do, to be honest. so many things to arrange, at such a difficult time for the families.
church (or whatever), arranging release certificates, coffins, hearses, printing order of services, arranging wakes. flowers, adverts in papers, notifying family members. etc etc.
funeral directors are very efficient.
I've got to sort all this out tomorrow, not done it before and not looking forward to it.
My Dad died a couple of weeks ago but I was told not to close the accounts down so that the solicitor can access the accounts and pay for the funeral etc.
Not got around to her finances yet since I don't have a death certificate but I've closed all her utility accounts, telephone, gas, etc. It was a bit of a drag to say the least.
I'm sorry about your grandmother. They won't close the accounts until copies of the death certificate are sent by the person dealing with probate.
Yes, I had a good run around going to the doctors and then booking an appointment for the registrar then book the funeral and then try and prove that the family burial plot was registered in my Dad's name. The hardest thing to do was booking somewhere to go for a buffet after.
You were in a body bank? was it an open day or something?
Give it time, those that want no bank holidays etc will want it like Tescos, 24/7/365 so people are standing outside saying goodbye to their loved ones by torchlight whilst freezing their balls off.
In fact I am sure some will want all burials switched to overnight eventually so no one need take any time off work, to help the economy of course.
Highly amusing.
It happened when my granddad died in January, there were so many holidays and deaths over the Christmas period that it was almost 2 weeks before we could get an autopsy and then a couple of days before we could get the death certificate. Was awful as we couldn't arrange much without the death certificate meaning that a couple of pension payments went in (he had more than one scheme) and we had to arrange for the money to be sent back