Written by Lauren
Rating: 5
VERIFIED
As a London Month of the Dead regular, I was chuffed to have an event around Christmas. The performance was fantastic and the atmosphere was perfect!
Description
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Walks & Tours, Something A Little Different and Daytime
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Tickets from £12.00
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Over 18
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Sat, 4th Oct 2025 @ 11:00 - 12:30
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11:00 - 12:30
"The East End has always been close. If you were born in the East End, you stayed and you died in the East End”
A unique opportunity to visit T Cribb & Sons - one of the oldest independent funeral directors in London. A family business established in the East End in 1881, they have for over 140 years cared for the city’s dead and bereaved. They are the only funeral directors in the the UK that have their own stable, horses, coachmen, grooms and vehicles – they even grow their own hay.
Director John Harris, whose daughters and nephews work with him is the great grandson of Thomas Cribb, the founder of the business, and is an expert in funerary history. He will show us his extraordinary collection of death-related ephemera, which includes unique memento mori, historical documents, funeral stationery, jewellery, coffin-shaped snuff boxes and the mummified arm of an executed East End murderer.
JOHN
HARRIS
John Harris has worked with the family firm since the 1970s and is a founder member and past president of The Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors. He graduated with a Masters Degree in ‘Death in Society’ from Reading University in October 2000 and regularly gives lectures throughout the country on funeral history.
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Tickets/Times
| Ticket | Event time | Cost |
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Dying within the Sound of the Bow Bells
A Tour of East End Undertakers T. Cribb & Sons |
11:00 - 12:30 | £12.00 |
Location
Address
T Cribb & Son, Victoria House, 10 Woolwich Manor Way, Beckton, London, E6 5PA
Nearest Station
Beckton (Tube)
Getting there
Organiser
A Curious Invitation
Each year, Antique Beat and A Curious Invitation host London Month of the Dead, a festival of over 60 different events to inform, provoke and entertain on teh subject of mortality and the city.
Events include walks, talks, workshops, theatrical performances, storytelling, live-scored films, concerts, and visits to secret parts of the city.
Subjects span the cultural landscape from the forensic to the esoteric with an unparalleled range of speakers, performers, guides and experts.
Each year London Month of the Dead donates 20% of ticket revenue to one of London's magnificent seven cemeteries.
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