Ever thought of joining a Coffin Club?!
Wells Funeral Services
How many of us make detailed plans for that final reckoning? How many will decide on the venue, the music, the food and flowers? One thing is almost certain: it will be your relatives who will choose the coffin in the funeral director’s brochure (£265 for cardboard, rising to £1,990 if you want one in oak with the Head of Christ carved on the side).
Cathy Fitz-Gerald’s latest documentary for the BBC World Service, Coffin Club (still available on BBC Sounds). FitzGerald introduces us to the wonderfully cheerful and energetic Katie Williams, who ten years ago set up a Coffin Club to make her own coffin and to gather a group of like-minded others to do the same.
At first she thought her idea would be met by ‘dead silence’, she tells FitzGerald, the pun fully intended. But before long every room in her house was full of carpentry benches and people wielding hammers.
The coffins are painted every colour of the rainbow, lined with luxurious silk, and covered with pictures, letters, personal mementoes of a life. But where do you store a coffin until it’s needed? For this Club’s members, you come across them as a window seat in the living room, covered with cushions, ‘perfect for napping’, or as a chest in which to keep a collection of kites.
Whether you want to build your own coffin or select one from our range, Wells Funeral Services are here to help you with your funeral plans. Contact Rod now and start the conversation.