In its weekly voxpop, the Advertiser found out if people would be willing to pay more council tax in order to build a new cemetery.
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00:00I don't think so because Newark Cemetery has always been where it is, yes, I think
00:15older people have got relatives there, which is really hard. To rebuild the cemetery elsewhere
00:20would be a waste of money, I really do think. Is it called double bunking or things, I don't
00:26know, I don't know if people would like that. Some old families have a plot in a graveyard
00:33where they could put four or five coffins in, so the mother and father and things like
00:40that, yes, so I think that would be a waste of money for Newark to do that. I think it's
00:44everybody's right to be buried where they want to be and if you can't get buried or
00:51re-buried somewhere, a lot of people won't do crematoriums and I think it's better to
00:58have your own little plot, even if it's costing. That's my view of it. No, I think I'd rather
01:05go for the restacking method, because I think we pay enough tax as it is. Because it saves
01:13on other things. So you'd be in favour of increasing your capital tax? Yes. Why do you
01:21think it would be good to have a new cemetery? Because I don't think it's right, you know,
01:27to keep a woman. I've looked at cremation only, so there's no need to have another cemetery.
01:37A new cemetery? Because we've been discussing at home, we have to have natural burials,
01:48we have to go for cremation, and I think although the present cemetery is fantastic,
01:56it's really, it's actually a very nice place to walk or walk your dog, etc. The upkeep is
02:04really well done, etc. But I think actually extending it or building a new cemetery,
02:09I think is a little bit, how can I put it, it's, well maybe not necessary really, but maybe a
02:17little bit greedy of people thinking, you know, I want to go in the ground, etc. Because there
02:21comes a time, if you don't have relatives to look after the grave, it can become quite overgrown,
02:26etc. And untended graveyards, although they might be historically interesting, they're not,
02:31not very beautiful, so no. And also council taxes are pretty high for a lot of people,
02:37and retired people like myself, the winter fuel's gone and various other things, so yeah,
02:44let's keep it as low as possible. But no, on reflection, this is the first time I've heard
02:49about it, no, I don't think I'd be in favour, particularly. Because obviously people still
02:54need to be buried somewhere, so we obviously, as the town grows, we probably need a new graveyard.
02:59We'd have to, because you have to cover the cost of it, yeah, I would.