Several stalwart chapel-goers, whose parents and friends lay peacefully beneath the tussocky grass of the graveyard, were among the first to put their names on the list of objectors to the scheme. Percy Hodge's name, of course, was there, in company with Mrs Cleary's.'I've been tending the graves of my old grandpa and grandma since I was big enough to hold shears,' Percy said fiercely to Joan Young who had been unfortunate enough to meet him on Thrush Green.'And then my dad's and mum's. Four graves I've seen to every other week, and four nice green vases I've paid for and put up respectful.''It isn't such people as you,' said Joan, in a placatory manner, 'that the changes are being made for. It's dozens of graves that are neglected that make the place such an eyesore.''Maybe, maybe! Nevertheless, there's some as adds to the ugliness simply by tending the graves without real taste. Take that one next door to old Mrs Curdle now. I'm not mentioning names –'Joan Young knew it was a relation of the Cooke family whose grave was under discussion, but let the old man continue.' – but that woman has put five jam jars along her husband.
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