mossdog Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 ive heard they do remove the coffin before they cremate, should ask mi cousin really, she works at an undertakers.......she's not going to blow the whistle Mel surely!........but I cant believe they burn those beautiful wood boxes with brass hinges etc each time..........maybe it's just the Sid James in me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHN HABS Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 ive heard they do remove the coffin before they cremate, should ask mi cousin really, she works at an undertakers No the body is not removed from the coffin..... 30 odd years ago, whilst employed with an electrical contractor we had a contract to do some work at City Road Crematorium, me and my mate were working in the crematoria and whilst in there saw the bloke operating the furnace waiting for the coffin to arrive from the rollers as the curtain shut. As soon as the coffin appeared, it was pushed into the furnace, the door closed and the gas taps turned on and ignited.......after a few minutes, the operator would shove a long metal pole ( 3 - 4 metres in length ) through an hole in the furnace door to break up the skeleton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppet2 Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 Waste of money buying real oak. I bet most coffins are made of veneer and chipboard anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padders Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 The inventor of the throat lozenges has died today, no coffin at his funeral.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppet2 Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 The inventor of the throat lozenges has died today, no coffin at his funeral.. Ha ha, I very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossdog Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 No the body is not removed from the coffin..... 30 odd years ago, whilst employed with an electrical contractor we had a contract to do some work at City Road Crematorium, me and my mate were working in the crematoria and whilst in there saw the bloke operating the furnace waiting for the coffin to arrive from the rollers as the curtain shut. As soon as the coffin appeared, it was pushed into the furnace, the door closed and the gas taps turned on and ignited.......after a few minutes, the operator would shove a long metal pole ( 3 - 4 metres in length ) through an hole in the furnace door to break up the skeleton. ........but that was 30 odd years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Maybe recycling the dead should be encouraged? soylent green? and to answer the original question, i suppose a lot depends if the previous resident is still there or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penistone999 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 They used to be very expensive card board ones. I dont know if they still are. Not if you knock one together from some boxes from the supermarket and a roll of Gaffer tape. cheap as chips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 I'd prefer to not bother with a coffin at all, to be honest. Both of us have decided that a direct to cremation would be far more our thing than a funeral too, so there would be no need for anything more than a body bag for either of us. If a coffin was necessary, how about one of those metal ones with the end that lifts up so that the occupant can be tipped into paupers' graves? It could be reused pretty much infinitely then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apelike Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 ........but that was 30 odd years ago! Its all basically the same as then and nothing has changed much since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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