Hi, thankyou for pointing out the use of the wooden cross as a temporary marker - I wasn't quite aware of this use while the ground settled .. what I was actually referring to was those that have stood in cemeteries for 20 30 40 years or more - not temporary monuments .. cheers Robert Maurie O'Connor wrote: > I can understand the use of the "poignant handmade homemade timber > crosses" but I don't think money, or lack of it, has much to do with > it. Think it has/had more to do with the recommended time lapse > between burial and erection of a headstone to enable settlement to > take place. > > Of course, this would only apply in some cemeteries now. Many use > blue metal dust, rather than backfill, which negates the waiting period. > > Barbara > > > >