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HOP Recreation Ground to Become a Cemetery?
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sandy


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19-02-2011 10:57 AM

This is not simply a local problem as was pointed out on Radio 4 (definitely worth listenting, too, if you didn't catch it). Cremation is now at 70% and it was suggested that that will probably not increase much further in the near future. What will happen is that councils, who according to the programme, do not have to supply space, will simply increase charges. One possibility put forward was to reinstate the intention of the Victorians which was to continually reuse burial sites but I am not sure how much that would help in what will only become more and more of an issue as the population grows. There clearly needs to be some 'blue skies' thinking about how to reconcile the different interests but the loss of an open recreational space in an urban area should be a matter of great community concern.

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RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - brian - 13-02-2011, 04:14 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Satchers - 13-02-2011, 10:15 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 15-02-2011, 12:21 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Perryman - 15-02-2011, 06:09 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Woody - 15-02-2011, 07:51 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - ruthb - 15-02-2011, 09:39 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - roz - 15-02-2011, 09:45 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - ruthb - 15-02-2011, 10:00 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Woody - 15-02-2011, 10:09 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - brian - 16-02-2011, 12:50 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 16-02-2011, 01:24 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - brian - 16-02-2011, 05:22 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 16-02-2011, 08:51 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 16-02-2011, 09:03 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Satchers - 16-02-2011, 09:26 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - roz - 16-02-2011, 11:13 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - ruthb - 17-02-2011, 12:16 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Jane_D - 17-02-2011, 12:48 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 17-02-2011, 03:05 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - mljay - 18-02-2011, 01:26 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 18-02-2011, 01:49 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - roz - 19-02-2011, 10:39 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - sandy - 19-02-2011 10:57 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 19-02-2011, 11:21 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 19-02-2011, 05:53 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 20-02-2011, 05:00 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 20-02-2011, 05:17 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - dbboy - 20-02-2011, 05:59 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Woody - 20-02-2011, 07:48 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - mljay - 21-02-2011, 10:03 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 21-02-2011, 02:22 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - mrcee - 21-02-2011, 04:11 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Perryman - 21-02-2011, 06:43 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 21-02-2011, 06:53 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - roz - 21-02-2011, 08:53 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - jollyrog - 21-02-2011, 09:18 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - john-f - 22-02-2011, 07:29 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 22-02-2011, 01:31 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 22-02-2011, 04:55 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 22-02-2011, 11:38 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 23-02-2011, 10:19 AM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 25-02-2011, 05:17 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Tezzyd - 02-03-2011, 08:27 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - roz - 02-03-2011, 09:00 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 03-03-2011, 01:30 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - ruthb - 03-03-2011, 06:36 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 07-03-2011, 01:08 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 07-03-2011, 01:58 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Oggie - 07-03-2011, 04:35 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 07-03-2011, 04:39 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - 152047 - 07-03-2011, 04:59 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 07-03-2011, 05:01 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Save HOP - 07-03-2011, 06:33 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - mljay - 07-03-2011, 07:33 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 12-03-2011, 04:17 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 14-03-2011, 08:58 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 17-04-2011, 09:36 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 26-04-2011, 09:51 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 03-05-2011, 01:22 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 14-05-2011, 11:58 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 16-05-2011, 11:32 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 20-07-2011, 01:19 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 20-07-2011, 06:01 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 20-07-2011, 06:40 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 20-07-2011, 08:16 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - michael - 20-07-2011, 09:49 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 20-07-2011, 10:03 PM
RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground! - Bumble - 21-07-2011, 09:21 AM
Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Pico - 14-09-2011, 12:18 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Pico - 14-09-2011, 02:05 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - 152047 - 16-09-2011, 01:03 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - ruthb - 16-09-2011, 05:07 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Pico - 17-09-2011, 08:19 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Pico - 20-09-2011, 08:57 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - roz - 21-09-2011, 09:48 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 22-09-2011, 08:52 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - WBD - 22-09-2011, 12:45 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - WBD - 22-09-2011, 03:56 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 22-09-2011, 04:06 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 22-09-2011, 04:19 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Pico - 22-09-2011, 04:41 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 23-09-2011, 08:31 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 23-09-2011, 01:00 PM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - roz - 26-09-2011, 07:09 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - michael - 26-09-2011, 08:44 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 26-09-2011, 09:39 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - ruthb - 29-09-2011, 07:17 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - mel - 29-09-2011, 11:25 AM
RE: Honor Oak Recreation Grounds - Bumble - 16-10-2011, 07:16 PM