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(2015) Landscapes of leisure, Dordrecht, Springer.

Last resting places?

recreational spaces or thanatourism attractions — the future of historic cemeteries and churchyards in Europe

Tony Seaton , Magda North , Gabriela Gajda

pp. 71-95

The late Benny Hill, one of Britain's most successful comedians, was probably the only performer to make jokes about cemeteries. "Why?' he once asked, with an expression of innocent bemusement, "do they put walls around cemeteries? There's nobody outside who wants to get in; and nobody on the inside who's going to get out!'

Publication details

DOI: 10.1057/9781137428530_6

Full citation:

Seaton, T. , North, M. , Gajda, G. (2015)., Last resting places?: recreational spaces or thanatourism attractions — the future of historic cemeteries and churchyards in Europe, in S. Gammon & S. Elkington (eds.), Landscapes of leisure, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 71-95.

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