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Written by DeadGirl   
Saturday, 28 October 2006
October 27, 2006

His mission was to boldly go where no man has gone before. And one Star Trek fan did just that when he was buried in the Starship Enterprise.  The speciality coffin was just one of many made by a firm whose trade has doubled in the last 12 months, thanks to a boom in bizarre caskets.


Vic Fearn and Company has made a pint of beer-style coffin for a keen drinker who fitted snugly into the tulip glass replica. Craftsmen have also created a fast food fan's hot dog coffin, complete with replica onions and mustard.


 

Another customer, a music lover, was buried in a guitar.


The most bizarre request received by the firm in Bulwell, near Nottingham, was for a coffin with a removable glass lid. The satisfied customer then used it as a coffee table before he died.


David Crampton, 62, director of Vic Fearn, said he thought bespoke coffins would become more popular as people increasingly plan their own funerals.


He added: 'I don't think it's macabre. Most of the time it's people saying, “This is me, this is my life and I want to celebrate it.”'


Vic Fearn, a coffin maker for more than 160 years, has charged up to £5,000 for a speciality coffin but anticipates higher prices as requests become more bizarre.

A regular run-of-the-mill pine overcoat goes for about £400.

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=22857&in_page_id=2
 
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