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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

What’s the secret of good grave management?

cemetery with many headstones
Grave question ... Photograph: Alamy

If two bodies are buried in the same grave 20 years apart, what measures are taken to prevent the first coffin from collapsing under the weight of the second?

Alison Wightman, Harpenden, Herts

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