The quiet, deliberate life of a Manchester cemetery
Three generations of one family have lived on a famous old burial ground
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'They come into your lives and tell you everything, and then disappear'
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'They come into your lives and tell you everything, and then disappear'
We spoke to a family firm who have looked after Manchester's dead for over 140 years