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Wreaths are loving tributes not rubbish to be left tossed aside.

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| January 31, 2011 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Derby Evening Telegraph)

HOW distressing to read James Crossley's story of the Christmas wreaths being removed from graves at Derby's Nottingham Road Cemetery.

Christmas is a particularly poignant time for people remembering their loved ones and many leave festive tributes as a way of involving deceased family members in the occasion.

It is easy to understand how upsetting it must be to visit a relative's grave and find that a wreath has been removed by someone other than the family, and then left in a pile at the end of a row like worthless rubbish.

These wreaths are not rubbish - they are loving tributes and should be treated with more …

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