Drumchapel woman hits out "insensitive" sign on twins grave
Julie McCorquodale's says a notice from West Dunbartonshire Council demanding she remove edging and stone chips has "opened up old wounds" 11 years after her babies died
Clyde News is hearing exclusively from a Drumchapel woman about the hurt she says has been caused by a council notice pinned at the grave for her twins.
Julie McCorquodale's children Scott and Abbie were 15 weeks premature and died within a week of being born 11 years ago.
The babies are buried at Dalnottar Cemetery which has become a special place for Julie and husband Scott to remember them.
But, the 30 year old was stunned when she visited the grave earlier this week to discover West Dunbartonshire Council had put up a notice demanding she remove edging and stone chips.
Julie says its "an atrocious act by West Dunbartonshire Council as the cemetery is a special place for grieving friends and family."
She says the family were forced to put rocks in place to deal with subsidence which was causing the foundation of the headstone to show making it unsightly.
She has set up a petition calling for the council to stop removing personal belongings at Dalnottar Cemetery.
Clyde News has contacted West Dunbartonshire Council for a statement:
"We are very sensitive to Ms McCorquodale's concerns as we take the steps needed to properly maintain the graves at Dalnottar cemetery. The wooden edging and stone chips at the lair mean groundsmen have to use strimmers to cut the surrounding grass. Strimmers are messy and throw grass cuttings over this and neighbouring graves which is undignified. The adaptions to Ms McCorquodale's lair are outwith the cemetery rules and so we have asked that they be removed and given time for this to be done."