St.James churchyard

[garinda]

Originally Posted by Tealeaf

I don’t see what all this fuss is about exhuming the contents of a few ancient coffins. We have always has Charnel House and Ossuaries in this country where human remains have been placed after graveyards are full to capacity or a new development needs to go over the top. In fact, given the overall grim ambiance of the place, I’m quite sure Ossy was named after the latter.

The only thing that concerns me is that this is not the only announcement this week about the redevelopment of Accy town centre; we have also had news about the Arcade being tarted up. In both schemes, money is reliant on national lottery funding. It seems to me that given the record of previous local grandiose plans that have come to nowt, the council would have been far better advised to say nothing until all the money is in place and then make public the go-ahead.

Maybe then some of those old bones that are dug up could be used to go on display in the Arcade. It would make the town centre one hell of a tourist attraction..A few skulls over the Church Street entrance and leg and arms over each shop window.

Yup.

More sensationalist headlines, and sloppy reporting, re: the Arcade.

Which only becomes apparent, when you read further into the Observer, and realise this isn't news, just spin, with no finance in place, and it all being reliant on securing Lottery funding.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by garinda

Yup.

More sensationalist headlines, and sloppy reporting, re: the Arcade.

Which only becomes apparent, when you read further into the Observer, and realise this isn't news, just spin, with no finance in place, and it all being reliant on securing Lottery funding.

Its probably been supplied by people who wish to deflect the focus on other things i reckon.

[Margaret Pilkington]

That was my thought on the subject too Cashy....we must re-start our anti cynical pills.
Can you lend me some of yours? I seem to have run out of them.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by cashman

yep,but sheep crapping all oer the graves don't seem very respectful to me either,so like i said, jurys out wi me.

crap is biodegradable, tarmac takes a bit longer to break down

[cashman]

Originally Posted by davemac

crap is biodegradable, tarmac takes a bit longer to break down

am aware of that, its the fact it was done that dont seem oer respectable.

[Tealeaf]

Sheep are fine - they keep down the grass. It's the idiots who walk their dogs in cemetries who I object to, because dogs just p£ss and £hit all over the gravestones - and I'm not talking about those that have been dead for a couple of centuries, but those that have been dead for a couple of months.

[cashman]

Dogs unless Guide Dogs should be banned from all cemmys in my view.

[Tealeaf]

Originally Posted by cashman

Dogs unless Guide Dogs should be banned from all cemmys in my view.

Aye, cats too. Rat poison should be put down for them.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Sheep are fine - they keep down the grass. It's the idiots who walk their dogs in cemetries who I object to, because dogs just p£ss and £hit all over the gravestones - and I'm not talking about those that have been dead for a couple of centuries, but those that have been dead for a couple of months.

not sure how they do it on headstones (gravestones), but you appear to have lumped all dog walkers as people who let dogs defacate where they like without cleaninng it up. Not the case most dog walkers pick up after their dogs. I say this as someone who has worked in this environment and speak from experience not distant observation. Also I would be classed as one of those idiots, as I have a dog and occasionaly walk it in the cemetery. I still say a car park is more disrespectful than poo

[Tealeaf]

Originally Posted by davemac

not sure how they do it on headstones (gravestones),

Err....they stand alongside, lift a leg up and let loose with a stream of yellow liquid. However, if they're lad dogs from Church (where they are very clever), they stand on their two back legs, sieze the instrument that lies between the said legs with their front paws and do it that way.

[susie123]

Originally Posted by Tealeaf

I don’t see what all this fuss is about exhuming the contents of a few ancient coffins...
Maybe then some of those old bones that are dug up could be used to go on display in the Arcade. It would make the town centre one hell of a tourist attraction..A few skulls over the Church Street entrance and leg and arms over each shop window.

Don't think anyone's talking about digging up bones for this project, just re-siting a few gravestones now used as paths.

[davemac]

Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Sheep are fine - they keep down the grass. It's the idiots who walk their dogs in cemetries who I object to, because dogs just p£ss and £hit all over the gravestones - and I'm not talking about those that have been dead for a couple of centuries, but those that have been dead for a couple of months.

Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Err....they stand alongside,and let loose with a stream of yellow liquid. However, if they're lad dogs from lift a leg up Church (where they are very clever), they stand on their two back legs, sieze the instrument that lies between the said legs with their front paws and do it that way.

whilst you have a (tad sarky) point, its a point non the less, but not compatible with the first message. so make your mind up, is it number 1's and 2's or just number1's

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by cashman

Its probably been supplied by people who wish to deflect the focus on other things i reckon.

Surely there aren't people who would do that are there cashy

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

That was my thought on the subject too Cashy....we must re-start our anti cynical pills.
Can you lend me some of yours? I seem to have run out of them.

I believe they sell them quite cheaply in Boots Margaret, so I'd get a big stock in if I were you, we could need plenty on here if the last few weeks is anything to go by

[cashman]

Originally Posted by jaysay

Surely there aren't people who would do that are there cashy

You should know-yer damn good at it yerself.