There's a new breed of TikTok 'death-fluencers' - young, social media-savvy and very empathetic funeral directors and morticians, determined to lift the velvet curtain of their profession...
Every morning, just after eight, Jacob Walsh unlocks the front door of Casselden & Walsh in Goole, East Yorkshire. He walks past the reception area and through the wood panelled doors into the Chapel of Rest, complete with altar and seating for 18. Then he knocks at the heavy white door of the morgue.
‘We always knock before we enter. And we always say “Morning!”. Never “good” morning, because of course it isn’t good,’ he explains. ‘Not for them.’
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"I wanted to make a difference by providing the knowledge, support and insight I wish I’d had before my father died."
