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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

In the midst of arranging a funeral my friend has just heard about funeral gatecrashers and the Victoria Coren story on this: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/dec/21/celebrity-victoria-coren

Have you ever experienced a gatecrasher at a funeral... or been one?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We had 5 people turn up to my nana's funeral. we had no clue who they were. Turns out they were at the wrong church and needed to be 2 villages away at the church with the same name

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By *eanutButterJellyTimeCouple
over a year ago

the middle of the world

I used to run a pub and we regularly did funerals. I had about ten regulars who would come to EVERY funeral, regardless of whether they knew the deceased. It was their social life

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"We had 5 people turn up to my nana's funeral. we had no clue who they were. Turns out they were at the wrong church and needed to be 2 villages away at the church with the same name "

Did they miss the funeral they were supposed to attend?

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I used to run a pub and we regularly did funerals. I had about ten regulars who would come to EVERY funeral, regardless of whether they knew the deceased. It was their social life

Was it that they wouldn't let a funeral affect their pub going or some sort of morbid curiosity?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We had 5 people turn up to my nana's funeral. we had no clue who they were. Turns out they were at the wrong church and needed to be 2 villages away at the church with the same name

Did they miss the funeral they were supposed to attend?

Luckily they had enough time to get there. We had to draw them a map though. My grandad has rubbish memory at the best of times but he no idea who they were and had to go ask.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I used to run a pub and we regularly did funerals. I had about ten regulars who would come to EVERY funeral, regardless of whether they knew the deceased. It was their social life

Was it that they wouldn't let a funeral affect their pub going or some sort of morbid curiosity?

Free buffet probably

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By *eanutButterJellyTimeCouple
over a year ago

the middle of the world

"I used to run a pub and we regularly did funerals. I had about ten regulars who would come to EVERY funeral, regardless of whether they knew the deceased. It was their social life

Was it that they wouldn't let a funeral affect their pub going or some sort of morbid curiosity?

Free buffet probably

well, I did do FABULOUS sausage rolls

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I used to run a pub and we regularly did funerals. I had about ten regulars who would come to EVERY funeral, regardless of whether they knew the deceased. It was their social life

Was it that they wouldn't let a funeral affect their pub going or some sort of morbid curiosity?

Free buffet probably

They'd best not bother for the funeral my friend is organising as we're only getting tea and cake.

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By *eanutButterJellyTimeCouple
over a year ago

the middle of the world

"I used to run a pub and we regularly did funerals. I had about ten regulars who would come to EVERY funeral, regardless of whether they knew the deceased. It was their social life

Was it that they wouldn't let a funeral affect their pub going or some sort of morbid curiosity?

Free buffet probably

They'd best not bother for the funeral my friend is organising as we're only getting tea and cake.

Think one or two of them would have come along just for that

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I used to run a pub and we regularly did funerals. I had about ten regulars who would come to EVERY funeral, regardless of whether they knew the deceased. It was their social life

Was it that they wouldn't let a funeral affect their pub going or some sort of morbid curiosity?

Free buffet probably

They'd best not bother for the funeral my friend is organising as we're only getting tea and cake.

Think one or two of them would have come along just for that "

I'm tempted to attend one near you for the sausage rolls.

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By *eanutButterJellyTimeCouple
over a year ago

the middle of the world

"I used to run a pub and we regularly did funerals. I had about ten regulars who would come to EVERY funeral, regardless of whether they knew the deceased. It was their social life

Was it that they wouldn't let a funeral affect their pub going or some sort of morbid curiosity?

Free buffet probably

They'd best not bother for the funeral my friend is organising as we're only getting tea and cake.

Think one or two of them would have come along just for that

I'm tempted to attend one near you for the sausage rolls.

you'd have been very welcome, if I still ran a pub!

(let me know when you're near though and I'll bung a batch in the oven anyway)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When one of my school friends died at a fairly young age we all piled into the m'c d's where he used to work after his funeral. About 200 of us and ordered food. Was complete chaos

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I used to run a pub and we regularly did funerals. I had about ten regulars who would come to EVERY funeral, regardless of whether they knew the deceased. It was their social life

Was it that they wouldn't let a funeral affect their pub going or some sort of morbid curiosity?

Free buffet probably

They'd best not bother for the funeral my friend is organising as we're only getting tea and cake.

Think one or two of them would have come along just for that

I'm tempted to attend one near you for the sausage rolls.

you'd have been very welcome, if I still ran a pub!

(let me know when you're near though and I'll bung a batch in the oven anyway)"

I should visit for your City of Culture year. Sausage rolls as culture is a thing, isn't it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

An older relative of mine pops down to the crematorium twice a week just to see if he knows who has died

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By *eanutButterJellyTimeCouple
over a year ago

the middle of the world

"I used to run a pub and we regularly did funerals. I had about ten regulars who would come to EVERY funeral, regardless of whether they knew the deceased. It was their social life

Was it that they wouldn't let a funeral affect their pub going or some sort of morbid curiosity?

Free buffet probably

They'd best not bother for the funeral my friend is organising as we're only getting tea and cake.

Think one or two of them would have come along just for that

I'm tempted to attend one near you for the sausage rolls.

you'd have been very welcome, if I still ran a pub!

(let me know when you're near though and I'll bung a batch in the oven anyway)

I should visit for your City of Culture year. Sausage rolls as culture is a thing, isn't it?

It definitely is where I come from!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When one of my school friends died at a fairly young age we all piled into the m'c d's where he used to work after his funeral. About 200 of us and ordered food. Was complete chaos "

But I think that's pretty cool,and nice to do.

Difficult to manage on the day because you have so many other things going on.But if it was somebody close I'd like to think I could spot an imposter.

Beggars to belief for me why anyone would want to gatecrash a funeral(sadly I can imagine it happening with soaks if it was held in their Local) Free drink for them

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"An older relative of mine pops down to the crematorium twice a week just to see if he knows who has died"

Does he stay for the whole day? That would be about 16 funerals a week.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"When one of my school friends died at a fairly young age we all piled into the m'c d's where he used to work after his funeral. About 200 of us and ordered food. Was complete chaos

But I think that's pretty cool,and nice to do.

Difficult to manage on the day because you have so many other things going on.But if it was somebody close I'd like to think I could spot an imposter.

Beggars to belief for me why anyone would want to gatecrash a funeral(sadly I can imagine it happening with soaks if it was held in their Local) Free drink for them

Read the piece I referenced. It's much more sophisticated than that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Couldn't gatecrash my dads there was only about 5 of us and 3/were just moral support. My sister rocked up half hour late and almost went into the wrong funeral

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Couldn't gatecrash my dads there was only about 5 of us and 3/were just moral support. My sister rocked up half hour late and almost went into the wrong funeral

Maybe the odd gatecrasher is not such a bad thing, sometimes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anyone can attend the service if it's in a church the same as a wedding. It's the wake you have to blag your way into.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Anyone can attend the service if it's in a church the same as a wedding. It's the wake you have to blag your way into. "

The Coren piece was about the memorial.

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By *isdirtygirlCouple
over a year ago

somewhere out there

Actually, the Coren story gets better. One of the blokes who blagged his way into the memorial died a few years later. He was part of the same group when they blagged their way into an embassy cocktail party. He choked on some food and died.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yep. Some funeral crashers do it to hit on the vulnerable female mourners.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Actually, the Coren story gets better. One of the blokes who blagged his way into the memorial died a few years later. He was part of the same group when they blagged their way into an embassy cocktail party. He choked on some food and died.

He died doing what he loved.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Anyone can attend the service if it's in a church the same as a wedding. It's the wake you have to blag your way into.

The Coren piece was about the memorial.

I haven't seen it or know anything about it. Isn't a memorial in a church a public event?

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Anyone can attend the service if it's in a church the same as a wedding. It's the wake you have to blag your way into.

The Coren piece was about the memorial.

I haven't seen it or know anything about it. Isn't a memorial in a church a public event? "

They were issuing tickets in order to ensure the family and friends could get in. The crashers applied for the tickets.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"An older relative of mine pops down to the crematorium twice a week just to see if he knows who has died"

are you sure he's not checking to see if its his own?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Anyone can attend the service if it's in a church the same as a wedding. It's the wake you have to blag your way into.

The Coren piece was about the memorial.

I haven't seen it or know anything about it. Isn't a memorial in a church a public event?

They were issuing tickets in order to ensure the family and friends could get in. The crashers applied for the tickets.

I just read the article. That was weird to say the least. Are they just after free food and drinks or what?? I'm puzzled.

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Anyone can attend the service if it's in a church the same as a wedding. It's the wake you have to blag your way into.

The Coren piece was about the memorial.

I haven't seen it or know anything about it. Isn't a memorial in a church a public event?

They were issuing tickets in order to ensure the family and friends could get in. The crashers applied for the tickets.

I just read the article. That was weird to say the least. Are they just after free food and drinks or what?? I'm puzzled. "

It had me puzzled too, which is why I shared it with you all.

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By *uby0000Woman
over a year ago

hertfordshire

I can think of better places to go

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"I can think of better places to go"

We all have to go to one eventually, even if we don't make it to the wake.

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By *umpleteazerWoman
over a year ago

Flintshire

There was a lady no one recognised at my friend's grandfather's funeral. When asked how she knew him she was very vague. Eventually said she met him on the bus. He never went on buses. She sat with everyone eating and drinking and chatting. She then got out a plastic container and started filling it with food from the buffet to take home with her. Was odd but it actually made them all laugh so cheered up the ocassion considerably

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"There was a lady no one recognised at my friend's grandfather's funeral. When asked how she knew him she was very vague. Eventually said she met him on the bus. He never went on buses. She sat with everyone eating and drinking and chatting. She then got out a plastic container and started filling it with food from the buffet to take home with her. Was odd but it actually made them all laugh so cheered up the ocassion considerably "

Taking a container is pushing it a tad.

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By *ancadamMan
over a year ago

Stockport

Taking a container is pushing it a tad.

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..quite classy compared to the story a friend of mine tells.At her grandads funeral reception someone he once worked with produced a rucksack! bit common if you ask me!

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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

Taking a container is pushing it a tad.

..quite classy compared to the story a friend of mine tells.At her grandads funeral reception someone he once worked with produced a rucksack! bit common if you ask me!"

I'd say that's most uncommon.

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

What an excellent article, OP.

Thanks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ena Sharples, Minnie Caldwell and Martha Longhurst were buggers for this behaviour.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

My will has plans, with cash set aside, for a great overseas party for mine. No gate crashing allowed, unless the captain of the plane upgrades them all to first class, when he'd be welcome along.

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