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Jun 2021
Two senior Ripon councillors have stepped up calls for an urgent tidy up of Ripon Cemetery.
Last week, Ripon City Council leader Andrew Williams and fellow independent Pauline McHardy, accused Harrogate Borough Council (HBC) of ‘disrespecting the dead of Ripon’ and causing ‘distress’ to their relatives and friends.
At the same time, people visiting the cemetery on Kirkby Road spoke of their ‘distress and disgust.’
They were concerned that unmown grass has grown to such a height it makes finding and visiting graves difficult.
In some areas of Ripon cemetery, overhanging trees and hedges completely obscure rows of graves.
Cllr Williams, who has generations of his own family buried at the cemetery, pointed out:
The above photograph was taken at Stonefall Cemetery in Harrogate on Friday (11 June).
Now cllr McHardy, a city and district councillor, has contacted conservative cllr Andrew Paraskos, HBC cabinet member for environment, waste reduction and recycling, whose portfolio includes 11 district cemeteries, and called for him to take immediate action.
She told the Stray Ferret:
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