DARWEN Cemetery visitors have hit out after large mesh bins were replaced with lidded ones they say will not accommodate large pieces of rubbish.

According to Friends of Darwen Cemetery volunteers, the previous bins were “perfect to handle large wreaths and floral tributes”.

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But since they were replaced, the large tributes have been left to pile up around the bottom of many of the nine new bins throughout the Eastern cemetery.

Cemetery visitor Lilian Mcvoy said: “I had come up to remove two wreaths from our family grave, where can I put them?”

“I might as well leave them until I come again. The old wire mesh bins were ideal for the job.

“And what are they doing about the money we paid to have our graves kept neat and tidy in perpetuity? Nothing.”

Bill Parkinson, of Darwen, said: “They would be okay as post boxes but are not much use in a cemetery.”

Nobody at Blackburn with Darwen Council, which provides the bins, was available to comment.