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As such a funeral service should be a reflection of a person's life - their loves, their achievements and the things that made them who they were.</h2> <p><img src="/images/hearse.jpg" width="400" title="biker funeral with sidecar hearse"></p> <p>We ensure that the things that shaped you are incorporated into the funeral and the service.</p> <p><img src="/images/eco_coffin2.jpg" width="400" title="funeral with eco coffin"></p> <p>Music, hobbies, interests, poems, colours, beliefs, values, the things that you treasure. The way that you lived your life should be reflected in your funeral.</p> <p><img src="/images/eco_pod.jpg" width="400" title="alternatives to traditional coffins"></p> <p>The service can be religious, <A HREF="non-religious-funerals.asp">non-religious</A> or semi religious or spiritual but with no named faith. 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