Grandmother’s last wish to have gnomes lining funeral route scuppered
Over her lifetime she had collected a series of garden gnomes from all over the country.
So when it came to her funeral, Veronica Pratt had one special request – she wanted the colourful little characters to line the route.
The family of the 82-year-old grandmother duly obliged, placing 30 of them on a roundabout past which the cortege would drive.
Killjoys: Council workers remove the gnomes grandmother Veronica Pratt had wanted to be left lining her funeral route in Pembrokeshire
But almost inevitably, the touching tribute fell foul to that scourge of modern life – the elf ’n’ safety police.
The gnomes were scooped up by council officials who said the little figures could be a ‘danger by distracting passing drivers’.
