Bicycling funeral procession...

[Colin Blackburn]

From:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/3886631.stm

Car-free funeral for Green leader

The funeral of a leading Green Party politician is due to
take place with a procession of bike riders and walkers.

Dr Mike Woodin, the leader of the Green Party group on
Oxford City Council, died from cancer aged 38.

A funeral procession is starting from the city's Abingdon
Road and heading towards Wolvercote Cemetery on Monday.

Mourners are being asked to be on bicycles or on foot
"respecting Mike's own wishes", said Craig Simmons, the
party's deputy leader.

Dr Woodin lived in Oxford with his wife Deborah and two
young children.

He taught psychology at Balliol College, Oxford and was
one of the first Green Party city councillors elected
in England.

He was diagnosed with secondary cancer of the lungs in March
this year.

He underwent chemotherapy, but died on Thursday 8 July.

His coffin is being placed on a carriage towed by a convoy
of bicycles - in keeping with his wishes for the event to be
as car-free as possible.

The bicycles are being decked in green ribbons rather
than black.

[Simonb]

Colin Blackburn wrote:

> Car-free funeral for Green leader

Much respect.

[Davek]

Colin Blackburn:
> His coffin is being placed on a carriage towed by a convoy
> of bicycles -

Wow. That's a stylish send-off.

d.

[Nick Kew]

In article <ccu0qh$irh$1@hercules.btinternet.com>,
"davek" <david.nospam.kenning@which.nospam.net> writes:
> Colin Blackburn:
>> His coffin is being placed on a carriage towed by a
>> convoy of bicycles -
>
> Wow. That's a stylish send-off.

Shame the law of the land requires him to be disposed in
such a wasteful manner. I hope that when my time comes,
things will have changed sufficiently for my mortal remains
to be usefully recycled.

--
Nick Kew

[Just Zis Guy]

Nick Kew wrote:

> Shame the law of the land requires him to be disposed in
> such a wasteful manner. I hope that when my time comes,
> things will have changed sufficiently for my mortal
> remains to be usefully recycled.

Buried in a cardboard coffin with a tree planted on top for
me please - but not for a Good Long While yet, if it's all
the same to you :-)

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[Alan J. Wylie]

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:09:43 +0100, nick@hugin.webthing.com (Nick Kew) said:

> Shame the law of the land requires him to be disposed in
> such a wasteful manner. I hope that when my time comes,
> things will have changed sufficiently for my mortal
> remains to be usefully recycled.

You do carry a organ donor card, don't you?

http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/

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[Dirtylitterboxo]

>Shame the law of the land requires him to be disposed in
>such a wasteful manner. I hope that when my time comes,
>things will have changed sufficiently for my mortal remains
>to be usefully recycled.
>
>--
>Nick Kew

On the outskirts of Norwich there's a woodland cemetary
where you can have your mortal remains planted and a tree
planted to grow on top of your mortal remains. IIRC, there
was a cyclist who had a green funeral there. He designed the
trailer to carry his coffin, and his funeral cortege was his
coffin on trailer, pulled by bicycle and his friends all
cycled to the cemetary.

Cheers, helen s

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[David Hansen]

On 12 Jul 2004 15:41:39 GMT someone who may be
wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom (dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) wrote
this:-

>On the outskirts of Norwich there's a woodland cemetary
>where you can have your mortal remains planted and a tree
>planted to grow on top of your mortal remains. IIRC, there
>was a cyclist who had a green funeral there. He designed
>the trailer to carry his coffin, and his funeral cortege
>was his coffin on trailer, pulled by bicycle and his
>friends all cycled to the cemetary.

I read about this somewhere. The "hearse" was pulled by a
tandem and a good time was had by all as the deceased did
not want people to be too sad. The article said that the
"hearse" had already been reserved for other funerals.

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