After my Father passed away, we decided to go to William Purves Oakville Funeral Home to plan the…read morefuneral. The man who was helping us was very rude and he seemed very bored and had no empathy towards us. At the service of the funeral, we had requested music to play during the committal - though no music was played as they had forgotten to play the music that we had ask them to. Other than that the service was lovely. When me and my Mum went to pick up my Father's ashes, my Mum politely told the women what we were in for. As my mum was telling the women my fathers name - she interrupted and said "All I need is the reference number." It was so unbelievably rude and really hurtful. I wouldn't recommend William Purves Oakville Funeral Home to anybody, and I certainly will not be returning.

I have recently lost my mum and I was recommended to the Liberton branch of Scotmid Funeral…read moreDirector's on Liberton Brae as I was told the chap who runs it is First class at his job. I cannot thank my friend enough for recommending this chap and company. I don't know if I'm allowed to say his name but I will anyway. His name was Kevin Buckley and from my first contact with him on the telephone until after the funeral he was the nicest most professional person I have ever come across in my entire life. He has a natural caring manner and made myself and my family feel at ease and he looked after us so well. He treated my late mum with the utmost of respect when she was in his branch when we came to see her for the last time and I will never forget what he did for us. He is a credit to this company and I thoroughly recommend anyone who has lost someone to contact him and he will look after them so well. The staff at the funeral were excellent too and gave my mum the send off she deserved. Thank you Scotmid and in particular Kevin!

a service you can trust. do try to exploit you when you are at your most vulnerable. older people…read moreworried about burdening their children with funeral costs can take out bonds in advance. a top notch service. one every generation of my family has used

The memorial plate is placed next to the entrance of the Deaconess hospital. Lady Grisel Baillie is…read morea local folklore heroine whose name is associated with a couple of artistic and religious events. Firstly, she was a song writer - the most popular song is 'And werena my heart licht I wad dee', Lady Grisel lived in the stormy 17th century and due to her kind heart and brave deeds (she concealed the covenanters, among them her own father) and for doing so she was proclaimed the first deaconess of the church of Scotland.

Why on earth am I reviewing a cemetery, you might ask? And it's a fair question, but this isn't a…read morerun-of-the-mill cemetery; in fact, it's not even open for burials any longer. Without wanting to sound callous or macabre, the history and heritage surrounding this place makes it more of a local interest site. Not only is it one of the oldest cemeteries in the city, dating back to the Black Death, it's also where the majority of the city's World War One and World War Two heroes are buried. In fact, during The Plague this cemetery was the only place where it wa not only acceptable but in fact encouraged to spit on the ground, as it was believed that this was the most effective way of preventing the infected air surrounding the mass graves of Plague victims from infecting you. Still, that's where the tourist attraction value of this place ends; it is a cemetery at the end of the day. But given its age, if you're trying to trace your family tree in Edinburgh then this may well be a good place to include in your search.