We, the dead, make a stand.

Standards are standards; they do not distinguish between the quick and the buried – we all must tend our patch.

Our churchyard caters for a certain vintage of clientele. We have all been present and correct for some time – most of our headstones are stacked alongside our graves or against weathered tombs. Too many storms and too much Scottish rain has seen the local authority deem our slabs unsafe.

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