The grave contains more than 300 bodies
A mass grave containing more than 300 bodies has been uncovered in Oldham . The unmarked burial site contains 145 stillborn children, 128 babies and young kids and 29 adults, according to local councillors.
One of the resident’s brothers was stillborn and the other passed away within five hours of birth. She told councillors who assisted in the search that her parents were never able to say goodbye. Over the past 20 years, mass graves containing the remains of stillborn babies have been discovered in Lancashire, Devon, Middlesbrough and Huddersfield.Medical staff would tell bereaved parents that their children would be buried alongside ‘a nice person’ being buried that same day - often without giving them the opportunity to say goodbye. Instead, the babies were interred in mass graves.
The statement read: “How many babies are laying in Royton Cemetery in mass graves, their identities unknown to their grieving relatives? It's a stark injustice that parents were denied the fundamental right to bury their babies, a right that should be inherent and unquestionable. This situation should stir our collective sense of fairness and empathy…
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