Future of remembrance park secured

The uncertain future of a Wirral remembrance park has been secured thanks to The Co-operative Funeralcare.

The UK’s largest funeral director has stepped in and purchased Mayfields Remembrance Park in Eastham, which has been abandoned for the last 18 months.

Since the previous business ceased trading, the dozen existing plot holders at Mayfields had been left to face uncertainty.

The future for their loved ones’ plots, which, unlike the majority of memorial grounds throughout the UK, feature ornate memorials, flowers, toys and a vast array of personal memorabilia, looked bleak.

However, at a recent meeting, involving over 50 family and friends of people who had entrusted the former owner of Mayfields with their loved ones, the attendees gave a unanimous thumbs up on hearing the news of the new site owners.

They were delighted that such a trusted brand as The Co-operative Funeralcare had saved their places of remembrance, as they had no idea who would acquire the land and for what purpose.

The Co-operative Funeralcare has confirmed that the existing plots will remain as a remembrance park and be expanded to provide an area of peace and tranquillity.
 
“We are also looking to open a woodland burial site alongside the existing remembrance park, making it a unique concept in remembrance services,” said Colin Rickman, Head of Crematoriums, Cemeteries and Woodland Burial Grounds for The Co-operative Funeralcare, which operates two other woodland burial sites in the country.

“We are currently in the process of recruiting staff for the site, which should be fully operational within the next months. We have retained the services of Diane Lee, to whom thanks should be given as she voluntarily tended to the plots since the site’s closure and opened the grounds to allow families to pay their respects,“ continued Colin.