'It's just disgusting': Piles of rubbish DUMPED at Greater Manchester cemetery
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTwo friends have been left appalled at the 'disgusting' state of a Greater Manchester cemetery after seeing rubbish dumped throughout it.
Lisa Smith and Debbie Owen, from Astley, visited Leigh Cemetery on Thursday morning (April 21). The pair, both 48, had gone to see the graves of Debbie's brother Shane and Lisa's nana Olwen.
But as they walked from one plot to the other, they were horrified to see piles of old flowers and litter, including near to where Olwen had been laid to rest. "We were both shocked at the state of the cemetery," Lisa told the Manchester Evening News . "We both commented on plots that loved ones are trying keep tidy, noticing along the way old flowers plus extra rubbish being randomly dumped. READ MORE: Young man who died after stabbing in Ancoats named as second arrest made "It just looks like someone has gone and emptied out a few bins, it's just disgusting.
Why keep the plot tidy but make the surroundings look a mess?" Lisa says that there were previously bins throughout Leigh Cemetery, including one near to her nana's grave, but these had been removed.
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