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Funeral Costs
I know the cost of funerals these days is staggering but it seems it has been a costly business in the past too. I came across a bill while looking through family documents. Heading Accrington Council date 1911. Cost of a grave £5.10s additional cost for non resident 50% of above £2.15s Total £8.5s.
This bill was my great grandfather's for purchasing a plot in the cemetery in Burnley Road but unfortunately he lived in Huncoat. I know my own father earned about £3 per week at the Nori after W.W.2 so goodness knows what his grand father earned in 1911. I would imagine £8 was a heck of a lot of money then. I think there would be an uproar if the same policy was adopted now.
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