All in a day's work

The Hornseyjournal gives insight into the daily tasks of a gravedigger in the UK where grave-side brawls and retrieving mobile phones from on top of the coffin is all in a day's work.

Ian Delahunty, 44, has been working in Wood Green, Enfield and Tottenham cemeteries for more than seven years and thinks his job is far from morbid.

"Mobile phones and jewellery are a problem during the service," he said. "Four or five times they have fallen into the hole when they bend down, particularly phones in the top pocket.

"We have to ask permission and if they say no they just stay there. One family argued about it for 20 minutes before finally relenting."

emily | 10:00 AM | News, Buzz |
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