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For Cllr Merrill this issue is personal. When his grandma died when his father was just six years old, she was buried in Camberwell New Cemetery. “My father always said it was nice to know she was close by,” said Cllr Merrill, who believes the new graves would not just be for the dead, but for the living “left behind.”

I seem to remember Cllr Barrie Hargrove trotting out something similar when he was taking the recreation ground for burial.

At least if Southwark are talking about taking more of the recreation ground you can tell they are a bit rattled. As someone famously said last time round "over my dead body".

Can I ask if our local councillors are in favour of Southwark's plans and if they would be happy to see the rest of the recreation ground taking for burials?