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Last Resting Places? Recreational Spaces or Thanatourism Attractions — the Future of Historic Cemeteries and Churchyards in Europe

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Landscapes of Leisure

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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!’

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  1. University of Central Lancashire, UK

    Sean Gammon (Senior Lecturer) (Senior Lecturer)

  2. Northumbria University, UK

    Sam Elkington (Senior Lecturer) (Senior Lecturer)

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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: Gammon, S., Elkington, S. (eds) Landscapes of Leisure. Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137428530_6

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