[Stronsaylimpet] Cemetery memorials - hazardous?

[Limpet editor]

/Reply from Margaret Refalo on Stronsay's Facebook page:/
If that is a picture of the old kirkyard beyond Seafield , the last 
person to be buried there was Elisa Peace, she lived in the house next 
door to the Big Hoose at the Station, had no relatives and Jock Mitchell 
made a coffin for her, a few people laid her to rest my Dad included? It 
was a bad site for a kirkyard as it was real biggie.

/Reply from Doris Shearer on Stronsay's Facebook page:/
Hi Margaret,my Mum is 102 and she told me years ago that my Dad paid for 
her funeral and was there. He was her nephew. She also told me when they 
got married Lisa’s present to them was a peedie henhoose and six hens. 
She said it was the best present they got. She also wheeled it from the 
Station to Hoosebay on a wheelbarrow! They don’t make them like that 
nowadays!.

Editor, Stronsay Limpet
www.stronsaylimpet.co.uk

On 08/02/2023 22:48, Limpet editor wrote:
>
> /From OIC Updates:/
>
> Can you help us link up memorials with families?
> We’re asking local folk to help us link up memorials flagged as 
> needing safety work with respective families.
> Last year, we inspected more than 21,000 memorials in the county’s 
> cemeteries.
> Of these, 56 were identified as being hazardous, many of them very 
> old  - one is already repaired, and 14 are in the process of having 
> repairs arranged by relatives.
>
> The average age of the memorials needing to be made safe is over 100 
> years – with the passage of time we think many are unlikely to be in 
> the care of very close relatives.
> So, if you think you may be able to help us link up memorials with 
> families before any works are undertaken, please visit our website at 
> the link below and take a look.
> Our Burial Service team plans to start a programme of works to ‘make 
> safe’ the identified memorials in April. We’re urging people with 
> family members buried in Orkney to check the list and contact us as 
> soon as possible if they want to discuss a memorial flagged as unsafe.
> The Council has a duty of care to the public to keep our cemeteries 
> safe. Families are responsible for the cost of maintaining memorials, 
> including keeping them in safe condition.
> For unsafe memorials, where no-one comes forward to arrange remedial 
> works, the memorial will be made safe by the Council. There are a 
> range of options for this but in some cases the memorial will need to 
> be laid flat to make it safe.  If this is done the memorial will be 
> laid face up, on a slight slant to ensure that water can run off.
> We work with local community councils to try identify and contact 
> families so they can understand what needs to be done with unsafe 
> memorials, and we provide as much notice as we can to community 
> councils of any intended work.
> You can:
> • Check the list of unsafe memorials here:
> https://www.orkney.gov.uk/Files/Burial%20Services/Full%20list%20of%20HHs.pdf
> • Find out more here: https://www.orkney.gov.uk/News?postid=7098
> • Contact our Burial Services team by phoning 01856 873535 ext 2703. 
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