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Always sad to see and you don't have to go very far to see them.
One that I pass regularly has a "garden" created on the grass verge which is regularly tended.
The centre piece is a Xmas tree, which is decorated every year, and with cuddly toys and mock presents under it.
The first year I saw it I cynically thought that some low life would trash it, and upset the family even more.
All credit then to the youth of the area, as it has been like this for at least five years, and is respected by all!
One that I pass regularly has a "garden" created on the grass verge which is regularly tended.
The centre piece is a Xmas tree, which is decorated every year, and with cuddly toys and mock presents under it.
The first year I saw it I cynically thought that some low life would trash it, and upset the family even more.
All credit then to the youth of the area, as it has been like this for at least five years, and is respected by all!
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Hideous things and they drive councils totally up the wall.
The reason why they dont get trashed is because they are chav tributes and as most would be trashers would also be chavs sorta stands to reason. While grief affects people in many ways these roadside shrines along with their "see you in da maccy d's in da sky bro"tributes are just another excuse for the underclasses to howl with grief froever more imo. |
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BV you are so cruel. Don't you realise it helps with 'closure', the grieving period, post traumatic disorder, ADHD, and lots of other modern diseases!!! shame on you!!!
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Best closure you can get is to watch the curtains close or the coffin be dropped into the ground, followed by a good piss up.
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tbf - from the council /police viewpoint they probably act as a speeding deterrent to some folk .
each to their own ,can't see how people get so worked up about something that doesn't directly affects them .  |
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"BV you are so cruel. Don't you realise it helps with 'closure'"
Surely tending a memorial every week for years doesn't help closure at all? |
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Grave yards are a complete waste of time imo,everybody should be burned.
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How can a nice opening post turn so horrible so quickly...shame on you acey
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Like the tributes, I'm kind of "on the fence" on this one!
My opening post was in no way supporting the practice, but just commenting on how the tributes are not trashed. It must be a dilemma for the councils, as removing them would appear to be callous, but, at the same time they should not be there in the first instance (just as "Earn An Extra Income" and "Happy Fortieth Sandra" etc. I also am in agreement with Java, as this is doing nothing but leaving the the family in perpetual grief! Nothing wrong with tending a grave, so why don't people just have their quiet moments, doing just that? |
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"Earn An Extra Income" and "Happy Fortieth Sandra"
_____________ one i'm in agreement with the other is just a little fun and also cheery to see ... wouldn't want to live in a sterile environment tbf where everything is pristine |
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not in agreement *
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Coach, again I agree, but the problem is that they are just left there until the elements dispose of them!
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So in fact they are no better than the left over McD's chucked out of the car or some chav "tagging" a bus shelter!
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yeah,some are an eyesore i s'pose when left in the rain
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A lot of it is to do with taste. I doubt anyone would have a problem with a rose bush or similar being planted. Some 'shrines' are big and brash and a distraction to road users.
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dont like them.mawkish and unneccessary.import from the US
will be seeing yellow ribbons everywhere soon would agree with bon vivvys comments 100 per cent |
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Cycled a lot when mooching round Sardinia. There was some kind of roadside memorial round just about every turn.
There is one round here as well in a 30mph residential road, where someone smashed into a tree. They must have been going some. |
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Excruciating sights. Do we have Princess Cry's rotting vegetable heap for this ghastly phenomenon.
Graveyards have subsequently become the latest location for all manner of debris piling up on headstones. |
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^ agreed - and with BV.
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My mate was once getting a **** whilst driving down the road, and crashed his car into a fence, surprisingly enough a week or 2 later there was a floral tribute.
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Lorry driver near us went round a corner and a motorcyclist going far too fast slid underneath him and killed himself. The accident was about a mile from where the lorry driver lives and he now has to pass the floral tributes reminding him of what happened every single day.
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I think they make drivers slow down....it's a useful reminder of how dangerous the roads are!
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I love them. Mainly cos I s**** to myself every time I read a phrase along the lines of 'Sleep with the angles'. If you're going to leave a message, at least spell it right.
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Foiled by the profanity filter. Ok then, 'chuckle to myself'
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