rossyrooney Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 In days gone by the hearse would be driven slowly, people it passed used to stand still with bowed heads & men would remove their caps. Lots of us still do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackmarr Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Didn't they also put a white sheet up to the windows? Yes. They used to call them blinds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jane2008 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Where I live, there is often quite a long procession of cars following the hearse to the cemetery, all of them with their lights on, and sometimes with a small flag in the front window. If the stoplight changes to red while the procession goes through, the other cars waiting to cross will wait till everyone is through. At a funeral I went to on the East coast of England the cortege was allowed by other motorists to continue in it's entirity even though the lights were against us. If we are at lights and a cortege goes through we wouldn't dream of carrying on, on our journey until the cortege had gone through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharrowyank Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Just like lots of old traditions, its a dying custom!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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