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In the UK 70% of us will be cremated. But what really happens when the curtains close, and the coffin slides away or descends? What happens to us in the cremator / retort (that's what they call the special incinerator)?
To see what goes on we are going to meet Vicky.
Vicky is in her forties and pole dances to keep fit.
Victoria recently said "My Dad always wanted a cremation and sadly he passed in 2001 of cancer. ...... He was always very up front about how he wanted his funeral, and always insisted on cremation and to have his ashes scattered at the Winter Garden in Warrington...he is not there really as he lives on in my heart! ...... and when my time comes I will be cremated where my Dad was!"
On this site we will follow Victoria to Walton Lea Crematorium - where her dad was also cremated. To examine in great detail what happens to her.
"I always used to say eeeeeew i never want to be buried cuz ill get maggots in my eyes, and for years, ive said i want to be cremated. Now i think i want to be buried, give my body and flesh back to the earth, it sure needs more than what its got right now." (Tahliana)