Leatherhead Matters

Literally!. Dukinfield Crematorium are proposing to capture the excess heat produced from cremating bodies in order to heat the local chapel of rest.

Rev Vernon Marshall, of Old Chapel, offered: “As a final act of generosity, it’s a lovely way for the dead to provide comfort for the living at a difficult time.” Read more HERE. It will unfortunately now conjure up subliminal pictures when someone says “Put another log on the fire”!

Dukinfield Crematorium came in for some criticism in the Dr Harold Shipman Inquiry since a large number of the individuals killed by Shipman were cremated there.