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Keeping grandad's bits and pieces

Started by Duncan Head, September 01, 2020, 11:06:36 AM

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Duncan Head

"Bronze age Britons remembered the dead by keeping and curating bits of their bodies, and even turning them into instruments and ornaments"

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/sep/01/bronze-age-britons-keepsakes-parts-dead-relatives-archaeologists
Duncan Head

Baldie

I did once tell my Gran I would have her stuffed and wheeled out at X Mass, would that count.

As it happens we scattered her ashes at Peaceholm Park in Scarborough where I used to make her watch the Naval battles twice a week for years when she took us on holiday.


Nick Harbud

Nick Harbud

Imperial Dave

I have a drinking cup made from the skull of a great great grandfather
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Nick Harbud

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I knew nothing about your Pecheneg ancestry....
Nick Harbud

Baldie

Quote from: NickHarbud on September 02, 2020, 10:45:40 AM
The musician, Keith Richards, claimed to have snorted a mixture of his father's ashes and cocaine.   ::)

Def dont think grandma would have been cool with this

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Dangun

Quote from: Baldie on September 02, 2020, 02:20:25 PM
Def dont think grandma would have been cool with this

Could be worse - Tibetan sky burial.