When planning a service, your funeral directors may talk to you about funeral readings. It is a common part of the ceremony. This is often something that panics people because they are unsure of what to choose. The common fear is getting it wrong.
In the last decade, social media has become very popular. Worrying about what might happen to your social media accounts if you die is not something we are likely consider.
Dealing with the loss of a loved one can be one of the most difficult times in a person’s life. Whether or not the death was expected or a surprise, the grief can still be overwhelming. For many it can be so overwhelming that you become unable to communicate with the outside world. Often overcome with grief, it is common for people to hide away from the support offered to them as they struggle to deal with their grief. However, it is at times like these that your family and friends will rally around and do all they can to support you. You will often receive sympathy cards, flowers and many other tokens of sympathy from those close to you.
Birmingham Conservation Trust are working on a project to restore Newman Brothers Coffin Fittings Works in Fleet Street.
This was a working building for over 100 years until it closed in 1999. It is typical of the type of building that sprung up in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham in the late 19th Century. Newman Brothers specialised in producing high quality coffin fittings in solid brass and later moulded resin. They also made shrouds and coffin linings.