A woman who regularly visits family buried at Shirehampton Cemetery was left in tears at what she described as "the appalling state in which it has been allowed to get in". Gaynor Whiting, who now lives in Clevedon, was visiting her mother's grave on what would have been her birthday on Tuesday (May 23), only to discover that it, and other family members' graves, were barely visible behind the long grass.
Ms Whiting's parents, grandparents and young son are all buried at the cemetery. Though she said the issue of the overgrown grass and other plant life was not just confined to her family's graves, but the entire cemetery.
Bristol City Council has apologised for any distress caused, and said the wet weather in April meant the team's grass cutting equipment couldn't be used. The authority said it aims to have the cemetery back to its 'usual standards in the near future'.
