Hat would you choose

I think for most people cost would come into play, and the cost of a horse-drawn funeral is pretty massive. Of course, if it's all about conspicuous consumption then multiple horse-drawn carriages and mutes is THE way to go.
 
What a morbid topic :( If I made plans for wedding/funeral then horse and carrige would definitely be more fitting.
 
I used to arrange funerals.

Sometimes we'd do a horse-drawn one. One I remember well. The horses and carriage came by lorry from about 40 miles away, and a kindly local pub allowed the use of their car park for the tacking up and preparation on arrival. Then the carriage went to the deceased house a few hundred yards away, picked up the family, and on to the cathedral about half a mile away on a quiet road, where the funeral took place and the horse and carriage returned home via the pub car park and the lorries.

It cost a fortune, the horses and carriage were in use for only minutes. It was a big status symbol and tbh not many people saw it all anyway. I rather thought the family would have preferred to do a circuit of the city centre, bringing traffic to a halt but at least making a bigger statement for their money! ;)

Before that I might have liked the idea of a horse drawn funeral, and they are undoubtably a stunning sight. But now, as a horse lover, I'd rather the horses stayed in their fields, the lorries didn't waste all that petrol, and my family saved most of the money but gave a little to a local animal charity in my memory. :)
 
ktj1891 said:
What a morbid topic :( If I made plans for wedding/funeral then horse and carrige would definitely be more fitting.
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Why morbid? We discus a lot more morbid things on this forum than this. I said funerals and weddings, all the talk about NY carriage horses that they want to terminate, another thing horses will lose made me think of weddings and funeral how many like or dislike horses being involved.


One more point for the car


Apart from a few people, horses don't work the land anymore, now they are trying to stop pleasure drives in NY. What about weddings? they will fade out if too many opt for the car.
 
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Leviathan said:
Why morbid? We discus a lot more morbid things on this forum than this.
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I agree Leviathan, I think a lot of people are quite interested in the subject of funerals, after all chances are we'll all have arrange one or two at some time in our lives, and some choose to arrange their own. :)

Others have posted about death or funerals before, and there's always one or two object on the grounds it's morbid. Maybe they're the younger ones who still imagine it's a not a subject they need think about. :wink3:
 
FionaM12 said:
I agree Leviathan, I think a lot of people are quite interested in the subject of funerals, after all chances are we'll all have arrange one or two at some time in our lives, and some choose to arrange their own. :)

Others have posted about death or funerals before, and there's always one or two object on the grounds it's morbid. Maybe they're the younger ones who still imagine it's a not a subject they need think about. :wink3:
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Very true Fiona - sadly young age doesn't always secure you wont go over the rainbow early. Be prepared for the future they always teach us in school. Sadly we do hear of young lives being lost through accident or illness.
 
I havent ever looked at the price but I definitely thought a horse drawn funeral would be a good idea - particularly if I were to be killed hacking. My first RI told me I would kill myself riding and I realise it is a possibility. But however I die, having horses there would demonstrate to my grand children that horses are working animals, and patting them would be a comfort to my OH and a number of others as well.
 
Auslander said:
Definitely something with feathers. If you can't wear a feathery hat at your wedding or funeral - when can you?
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Now you see I managed to avoid that :D However, I'd just like to point out that it's not normal to wear a hat to one's own funeral. Having said that, we buried my mother in her wedding dress because we knew she expected to meet up with her second husband again and I wore her feathery wedding hat to her funeral!
 
i thought this thread was going to be about hats. i had a horse drawn carriage for my wedding, the only expensive part. my funeral, not sure, i won't see it. the only sure thing is that, we will all die some day.
 
Nothing - been married once and can not see me doing it again, and have donated my body to medical research, really can not see the point of funerals
 
I shall do what my husband did - leave instructions that those I leave behind are to spend as little as possible on the funeral - and as much as deemed necessary on the wake!
 
This is rather difficult for me. So I'm
Going to try to type it without thinking about it

I lost my 15yr old horsey daughter a few years ago

Obviously her funeral was the last thing we would ever be able to do for her. So we had the horse and carriage for her. In the back window we had a huge photo of her on her horse, stood up in her stirrups with her hand raised and the biggest grin uou've ever seen. Her velvet show hat on top of her coffin

The route to the crem went past a group of horses in a field who all came cantering over to say hello

As my husband was a police traffic officer she had her own escort too.

Everyone said what a beautifully touching send off we had given her

I am glad we did as I know it's what she would have wanted
 
I really don't mind about my funeral .
Perhaps tie my body across whatever horse I have cowboy style then along to the woodland burial site wrapped in a old sheet tired up with bailer twine .
 
soulfull said:
This is rather difficult for me. So I'm
Going to try to type it without thinking about it

I lost my 15yr old horsey daughter a few years ago

Obviously her funeral was the last thing we would ever be able to do for her. So we had the horse and carriage for her. In the back window we had a huge photo of her on her horse, stood up in her stirrups with her hand raised and the biggest grin uou've ever seen. Her velvet show hat on top of her coffin

The route to the crem went past a group of horses in a field who all came cantering over to say hello

As my husband was a police traffic officer she had her own escort too.

Everyone said what a beautifully touching send off we had given her

I am glad we did as I know it's what she would have wanted
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Very touching and moving post. It sounds a beautifully appropriate day. Thank you for sharing it.
 
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