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“Council staff . felt [lawyers], especially for graves from before 1900, would ensure the advice we are giving the group is correct,” said NCC group manager for community services Andrew White. McIntyre said the graves’ age meant most relatives of the deceased were either long dead, or unaware their ancestors were buried at the cemetery. McIntyre had placed ads in the newspaper and posted on Facebook asking people to get in touch if they wanted their family headstones left untouched. This usually resulted in more people asking for long-dead relatives graves to be shown a little love, he said. However, White said not everyone was happy.