The Undertaker At Work: 1900 - 1950

Reflecting the rapidly changing social times of pre-inter- and post-war Britain, The Undertaker at Work details critical episodes in the history of modern undertaking, including: the introduction of embalming; how the enormous task of dealing with the dead from both World Wars was undertaken; coping with the tragedy that was the Spanish flu; and the rise of the Co-operative Funeral Service.