Stories from: Barts Pathology Museum, London

 

Into the Thames

It is a family tradition to cremate our relatives and then throw the ashes into the Thames. This all started

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Doing it Ourselves

We were lucky enough to learn we could organise our father’s funeral ourselves. 20 years ago, without funeral directors. It

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Death Express

At Guys Hospital they have a ‘Death Express’ – a small train with 2/3 ‘carriages’ that take the dead from

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Aunty Min

I went to my Great Aunt’s funeral – known to me always as ‘Aunty Min’. The vicar started talking about

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‘Grandad’s Dead’

My father-in-law was buried in a natural burial ground. My son was 3 at the time. As we were processioning

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Cried Uncontrollably

5 days before my mother died I cried uncontrollably. Her death wasn’t expected and I didn’t know why I was

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Confused and Unsure

My stepfather died in a community hospital. My sister and I were told he would die within a day or

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