{"id":174,"date":"2013-06-26T10:01:10","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T10:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2014-01-09T09:37:25","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T09:37:25","slug":"the-funeral-cortege","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/funeral-customs\/the-funeral-cortege\/","title":{"rendered":"The funeral cortege"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Originally used in the 17th Century, the word \u2018cort\u00e8ge\u2019 originates from the French language.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0present day,\u00a0the traditional funeral cort\u00e8ge (also referred to as the funeral procession) is still popular. As with other areas, this element of the funeral is becoming more personalised, as families like to choose the route the funeral cort\u00e8ge takes.<\/p>\n<p>The cort\u00e8ge can pass an old home or somewhere with sentimental value to the deceased. The Maddock team will happily discuss\u00a0 tailoring the journey to make that happen.<\/p>\n<p>While our fleet of traditional style, yet\u00a0state-of-the-art funeral hearses are still used on most occasions, some families now like to choose arrange funeral processions which reflect the individual life of the deceased by including other vehicles. These can range from tractors to fire engines, motorbikes and even pink Cadillacs.<\/p>\n<p>Again, it\u2019s your choice\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally used in the 17th Century, the word \u2018cort\u00e8ge\u2019 originates from the French language. In\u00a0present day,\u00a0the traditional funeral cort\u00e8ge (also referred to as the funeral procession) is still popular. As with other areas, this element of the funeral is becoming more personalised, as families like to choose the route the funeral cort\u00e8ge takes. The cort\u00e8ge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":46,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-third-level.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}