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Colin Blackburn · 2004-07-12T21:00:08+00:00

From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/3886631.stm Car-free funeral for Green leader The funeral of a leading Green Party politician is due to take place with a procession of bike riders and walkers. Dr Mike Woodin, the leader of the Green Party group on Oxford City Council, died from cancer aged 38. A funeral procession is starting from the city's Abingdon Road and heading towards Wolvercote Cemetery on Monday. Mourners are being asked to be on bicycles or on foot "respecting Mike's own wishes", said Craig Simmons, the party's deputy leader. Dr Woodin lived in Oxford with his wife Deborah and two young children. He taught psychology at Balliol College, Oxford and was one of the first Green Party city councillors elected in England. He was diagnosed with secondary cancer of the lungs in March this year. He underwent chemotherapy, but died on Thursday 8 July. His coffin is being placed on a carriage towed by a convoy of bicycles - in keeping with his wishes for the event to be as car-free as possible. The bicycles are being decked in green ribbons rather than black.

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Colin Blackburn
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12 July 2004, 21:00 UTC #1

From:
news.bbc.co.uk3886631.stm
Car-free funeral for Green leader
The funeral of a leading Green Party politician is due to
take place with a procession of bike riders and walkers.
Dr Mike Woodin, the leader of the Green Party group on
Oxford City Council, died from cancer aged 38.
A funeral procession is starting from the city's Abingdon
Road and heading towards Wolvercote Cemetery on Monday.
Mourners are being asked to be on bicycles or on foot
"respecting Mike's own wishes", said Craig Simmons, the
party's deputy leader.
Dr Woodin lived in Oxford with his wife Deborah and two
young children.
He taught psychology at Balliol College, Oxford and was
one of the first Green Party city councillors elected
in England.
He was diagnosed with secondary cancer of the lungs in March
this year.
He underwent chemotherapy, but died on Thursday 8 July.
His coffin is being placed on a carriage towed by a convoy
of bicycles - in keeping with his wishes for the event to be
as car-free as possible.
The bicycles are being decked in green ribbons rather
than black.

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Simonb
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12 July 2004, 21:00 UTC #2

Colin Blackburn said:
Car-free funeral for Green leader
Much respect.

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Davek
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12 July 2004, 21:00 UTC #3

Colin Blackburn:
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His coffin is being placed on a carriage towed by a convoy
of bicycles -
Wow. That's a stylish send-off.
d.

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Nick Kew
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12 July 2004, 21:00 UTC #4

In article <[email hidden]>,
davek said:
Colin Blackburn:
Quoted message said:
His coffin is being placed on a carriage towed by a
convoy of bicycles -
Wow. That's a stylish send-off.
Shame the law of the land requires him to be disposed in
such a wasteful manner. I hope that when my time comes,
things will have changed sufficiently for my mortal remains
to be usefully recycled.
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Nick Kew

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Just Zis Guy
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12 July 2004, 21:00 UTC #5

Nick Kew said:
Shame the law of the land requires him to be disposed in
such a wasteful manner. I hope that when my time comes,
things will have changed sufficiently for my mortal
remains to be usefully recycled.
Buried in a cardboard coffin with a tree planted on top for
me please - but not for a Good Long While yet, if it's all
the same to you :-)
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Alan J. Wylie
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12 July 2004, 21:00 UTC #6

(Nick Kew) said:
Shame the law of the land requires him to be disposed in
such a wasteful manner. I hope that when my time comes,
things will have changed sufficiently for my mortal
remains to be usefully recycled.
You do carry a organ donor card, don't you?
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design] is achieved not when there is nothing left to add,
but rather when there is nothing left to take away." --
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Dirtylitterboxo
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12 July 2004, 21:00 UTC #7

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Shame the law of the land requires him to be disposed in
such a wasteful manner. I hope that when my time comes,
things will have changed sufficiently for my mortal remains
to be usefully recycled.
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Nick Kew
On the outskirts of Norwich there's a woodland cemetary
where you can have your mortal remains planted and a tree
planted to grow on top of your mortal remains. IIRC, there
was a cyclist who had a green funeral there. He designed the
trailer to carry his coffin, and his funeral cortege was his
coffin on trailer, pulled by bicycle and his friends all
cycled to the cemetary.
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David Hansen
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12 July 2004, 21:00 UTC #8

On 12 Jul 2004 15:41:39 GMT someone who may be
[email hidden] (dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) wrote
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Quoted message said:
On the outskirts of Norwich there's a woodland cemetary
where you can have your mortal remains planted and a tree
planted to grow on top of your mortal remains. IIRC, there
was a cyclist who had a green funeral there. He designed
the trailer to carry his coffin, and his funeral cortege
was his coffin on trailer, pulled by bicycle and his
friends all cycled to the cemetary.
I read about this somewhere. The "hearse" was pulled by a
tandem and a good time was had by all as the deceased did
not want people to be too sad. The article said that the
"hearse" had already been reserved for other funerals.
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