


A ‘sort of dress’ – making shrouds in the 1950s
by Fran | Mar 27, 2015 | Funeral Traditions
Chatting to my neighbour, Barbara, recently I discovered that when she was younger she had worked for a company making shrouds for funeral directors. Her stories really made me smile; they highlighted the human face behind a business which would rarely have been...Reviews on Google


















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