The parents of a three-year-old, who had died suddenly, sought permission for the introduction of a memorial with a coloured image of Thomas the Tank Engine over his grave. The chancellor noted that the parents of the deceased child had described certain other memorials within the churchyard as ‘vulgar to look at’ and recognised the subjective nature of the sentimental and aesthetic judgements which are made about memorials. The message conveyed by memorials to those who did not know the deceased was in many ways more important than the message being given to those who did. The faculty was refused. [RA]