22/06/2026
Free Presentation Announcement
Introducing A Brief History of A Victorian Funeral Director
WHITBY STEAMPUNK WEEKEND XX
Saturday 25th July
Whitby Pavilion
Upper Hall Stage 2:15pm
A talk by Funeral Director Emma Sparre-Newman covering how and why Victorian social conditions gave rise to the modern day funeral director and shaped so many funeral customs that still hold true today.
Every wondered why we send flowers?
Why funeral horses wear feather plumes?
Emma can explain it all.
Emma is the youngest daughter of a country vicar, it was her childhood ambition to be a funeral director and despite being side tracked into working in the costume department of the BBC, Emma has now been in the funeral profession for over thirty years, living and working in South East London.
When not working, Emma's time is spent either indulging in her passion for the aerial arts as a would be trapeze artiste, reading or accompanying her Antipoet husband to various gigs, festivals and events.
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THIS IS ANOTHER FREE ADMISSION PRESENTATION FROM WSW Events, held in Whitby Pavilion on the Upper Hall Stage.
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