Wasn't there a bit of a 'kerfuffle' a few years back (30 odd yrs) when someone asked in a letter to the Observer what the Crematorium did with all recovered gold teeth/ fillings and wedding rings, seems at the time it was a " perk" for the stoker , but the fuss caused a change in the rules , and now any gold or valubles recovered are sold for scrap and any money realized is used to keep the cost of running the crematorium down. Guess its one way for HBC to keep the Council tax down .
I suppose one of the Council members on the budget committee who uses Accy web should be able to tell us how much goes into the black columns every year
