Is overgrown cemetery a wildlife haven or an insult to the dead?

Overgrown appearance of Southampton Old Cemetery divides opinion

7:00am Sunday 10th August 2014 in News By James Johnson, Senior Reporter

CHILDREN laugh and play, running about and riding their bikes.

Elderly people walk together in the sun, admiring the flowers and looking for squirrels in the trees.

Dragonflies, butterflies and birds sit in the trees and fly through the air.

The only sound other than the plants rustling in the wind is the hum of an occasional car driving past.

These all sound like hallmarks of an idyllic park in the countryside or a nature reserve but instead theyre features of an unusual cemetery in Southampton.

The citys Old Cemetery, at the southern end of the Common, divides opinion among nearby residents and those who walk through it.

Some are enamoured with the untamed foliage and animals that scuttle around, while others consider the lack of maintenance disrespectful to the thousands of dead who lie there.

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Is overgrown cemetery a wildlife haven or an insult to the dead?