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Funerals to be broadcast on the web
Mourners who are unable to attend a funeral in person can now watch the event online.
Thanks to new technology, services at Worthing Crematorium can be shown live over the internet for relatives and friends who are unable to travel to the ceremony.
The crematorium is one of the first in the country to offer the webcam service, which was installed in its Kingswood Chapel during a refurbishment.
Ian Rudkin, registrar manager at Worthing Crematorium, said one family, with relatives in Australia, has used the system so far.
He said: "It is a chance for family members to see the service in almost real time, which will hopefully help them to get the closure they need.
"When families are planning a funeral it is often an added pressure to try to accommodate everyone's needs and when different people can attend. This allows those who are unable to make it to the service to still see it and takes some pressure off the family."
A one-off cost of £70 is paid for the service and users are then given a password that allows them to watch the funeral online, with just a 20-second delay, or up to seven days after the event.
Mr Rudkin added: "It is very secure, only the people who are given the username and password by the family have permission to view it.
"This is very new but it is the way technology is going and we are making use of it to help people."
The company behind the scheme Wesley Music, which is based in Kettering, Northamptonshire, also provides crematoriums with the technology to play music without using CDs or tapes and offers DVDs or sound recordings of funerals.
Alan Jeffrey, the company's director, said: "We already supply music for services and over the course of time it became more apparent that there were families up and down the country that had families abroad who were unable to attend the funeral but were looking for some other means of having an involvement and being included.
"We felt that providing we could guarantee the security and dignity of the family involved, so that only invited people can see the broadcast, it was something we should try and develop."
Graham Rounce, of Graham Rounce and Son Funeral Directors,in Half Moon Parade, Worthing, said: ìI think it is a great idea. People's families are spread all over the world these days and often people are infirm and can't make it.
"I don't think it will be used at every service, but choices these days are becoming more varied."
Councillor Graham Fabes, ward councillor for Offington, said: "I think it sounds like a good idea, which is most likely to be used by families who live abroad."
Would you attend a funeral online?
4:42pm Wednesday 26th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: Stroller, Hove on 5:08pm Wed 26 Mar 08
So if Brighton is so cool, why doesn't it did likewise?
So if Brighton is so cool, why doesn't it did likewise?
Posted by: Ally, Brighton on 5:41pm Wed 26 Mar 08
This is sick but also worrying in the case of a murder investigation where police normally expect to see the murderer at a funeral - unless they check credit card details of DVD-buying non-attendees? I can't imagine having a DVD o someone's funeral, very disturbing.
This is sick but also worrying in the case of a murder investigation where police normally expect to see the murderer at a funeral - unless they check credit card details of DVD-buying non-attendees? I can't imagine having a DVD o someone's funeral, very disturbing.
Posted by: harry x, hove on 6:00pm Wed 26 Mar 08
great idea you could tape it and then when your sad and on the gin you could watch reruns of gran/grandads funeral,or stick it on youtube.
great idea you could tape it and then when your sad and on the gin you could watch reruns of gran/grandads funeral,or stick it on youtube.
Posted by: Lord Tilford, Of Tilford on 9:43pm Wed 26 Mar 08
This is an absolute outrage! What next? Jewellery made from someone's ashes? DVDs of weddings? Child-births?
When I finally park the roller in the big car-park in the sky, I shall strictly forbid any form of photography or video at my burial!
This is an absolute outrage! What next? Jewellery made from someone's ashes? DVDs of weddings? Child-births?
When I finally park the roller in the big car-park in the sky, I shall strictly forbid any form of photography or video at my burial!
Posted by: Stroller, Hove on 10:09pm Wed 26 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Lord Tilford[/bold] wrote:
This is an absolute outrage! What next? Jewellery made from someone's ashes? DVDs of weddings? Child-births?
When I finally park the roller in the big car-park in the sky, I shall strictly forbid any form of photography or video at my burial![/quote] You're not in the same league as Edith Piaf, then.
Lord Tilford wrote:
This is an absolute outrage! What next? Jewellery made from someone's ashes? DVDs of weddings? Child-births?
When I finally park the roller in the big car-park in the sky, I shall strictly forbid any form of photography or video at my burial!
You're not in the same league as Edith Piaf, then.
Posted by: bemused, Hove on 7:47am Thu 27 Mar 08
Just another money making scam - abhorrent idea. I expect the vicars will be grabbing their share of the profits for themselves.
Just another money making scam - abhorrent idea. I expect the vicars will be grabbing their share of the profits for themselves.
Posted by: kiwi bro, godsone NI on 9:11am Thu 27 Mar 08
Does this mean you will be able to burn a copy of your cremation bro? :-)
Does this mean you will be able to burn a copy of your cremation bro? :-)
Posted by: kiwi bro, south auckland on 9:18am Thu 27 Mar 08
Hey kickboxer in worthing, you wanna be in my gang bro?
Hey kickboxer in worthing, you wanna be in my gang bro?
Posted by: kiwi bro, puinui road on 9:29am Thu 27 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Stroller[/bold] wrote:
So if Brighton is so cool, why doesn't it did likewise?[/quote] we think it did but only if it was doing likewise at the time it was being cool eh bro. or did it?
Stroller wrote:
So if Brighton is so cool, why doesn't it did likewise?
we think it did but only if it was doing likewise at the time it was being cool eh bro. or did it?
Posted by: Rob, Shoreham on 9:50am Thu 27 Mar 08
I'm surprised you can't 'attend' a funeral on Facebook yet.
I'm surprised you can't 'attend' a funeral on Facebook yet.
Posted by: All Seeing Eye, Everywhere on 10:04am Thu 27 Mar 08
The World Wide Web is nothing new. I have been using it since the start of Creation and always had a very good download speed..
And I have lately been watching Councillor Oxley closely. He has been in contact with Satan, who has taken to calling himself Karis. It is all very troubling and I am not sure that even my infinite forgiveness can be relied upon.
The World Wide Web is nothing new. I have been using it since the start of Creation and always had a very good download speed..
And I have lately been watching Councillor Oxley closely. He has been in contact with Satan, who has taken to calling himself Karis. It is all very troubling and I am not sure that even my infinite forgiveness can be relied upon.
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