It is a peaceful resting place for 350,000 souls – an historic graveyard which now serves as a nature reserve.
But plans are afoot to dig up the ancient graves at Tower Hamlets Cemetery – and reopen it as a 21st century burial site.
Officially it would be known as a “multi-faith” cemetery but it is likely that it would principally answer calls for a Muslim graveyard in the largely-Asian East London borough.
But the Labour-controlled council’s environment spokesman Abdal Ullah appeared to be in no doubt about the feasibility of the plan when he said:
“To preserve the respect and dignity for everyone, I think most of the graves would have to be cleared out and we’d start afresh.”
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Labourtalsmanden Ullah siger ikke, hvor man vil anbringe resterne af de 350.000 døde. Et gæt kunne være på lossepladsen?
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