Family enjoys barbecue cooked on tombstone in Yorkshire church cemetery

A photograph has emerged which appears to show a family holding a barbecue on a tombstone in a graveyard near Leeds.

By The Newsroom Monday, 16th July 2018, 6:43 pm Updated Monday, 16th July 2018, 7:02 pm

A barbecue was held on a tombstone

An astonished reader shared these photos of the scene at a local church in Otley after taking a shortcut through the grounds following the Otley Food and Drink Festival at the weekend.

-> Sex worker run over by client in Leeds in dispute over paymentHe said: "A lovely afternoon spent at the Otley food and drink festival, followed by a meander home through the Parish Church grounds.

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"Imagine the surprise to find three adults with about seven children enjoying a barbecue.

"The cooking was being done on the raised tomb stone."

He went on to say that his wife challenged the graveyard BBQ party, but to little avail.

The man, who wished to remain anonymous, added: "My wife remonstrated with the men. The 'Chef' patronisingly said 'Thank you for you input, I've taken note.'

"So I took a photograph! Over trots the guy in blue and demands I delete the photographs.