A fact from Birmingham Crematorium appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 January 2014 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the creation of Birmingham Crematorium(pictured) was supported by three bishops and a principal?
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I notice there is a preformat for cremation dates in the list of notable people cremated here. However I question a cremation date - not given in other articles on crematoria - as something to insist on - because many had private cremations without an announced date. For example, no date was given in his obituary for that of Sir Henry Maybury; he died on 7 January 1943 and his cremation, with venue stated as Perry Barr Crematorium (the subject of this page) was reported already taken place in a newspaper obituary of 18 January. I sometimes wonder if that might be putting users off? Cloptonson (talk) 19:14, 7 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I was surprised to see Perry Barr described lately as a 'Protestant Crematorium'. Was it purposely designated as such and were there any religious restrictions? I understand that papally Catholics were not allowed to be cremated until 1963, and, given Birmingham's multiracial character, Hindus and Sikhs could also have been cremated here.Cloptonson (talk) 21:19, 6 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
