16-year-old undertaker

A 16-year-old is Britain's youngest undertaker.

Daniel Taylor revealed he wanted to be an undertaker from the age of 13 after seeing a TV documentary.

He has now passed the National Association of Funeral Directors' foundation course and is well on his way to getting a diploma.

Daniel - who works at Mason and Stokes Funeral Directors in Cheltenham, Gloucs has already dressed corpses, led funeral corteges and helped choose coffins for families reports The Sun.

He admits his friends think his choice of profession is strange, he said: "They think it's a bit weird me working with dead people - but I really get a lot out of it. I've never had any nightmares. The worst thing is seeing the family upset. But we all try and help them through by doing a professional job."

His Mum Debbie said: "It is not every child's choice of profession but it is an admirable one. Daniel enjoys everything about it.

"We are very proud of him getting a job and career so early after leaving school. He gets on very well with his bosses."

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I've heard of a kid having the ambition and accomplishing that endeavor of becoming an Undertaker . . . its not all that unheard of.

Good for him

That's a lot to undertake. No pun intended.

yeah right.....

I wonder what was in that documentary that made him want to do that.

Maybe the documentary was actually an episode of Friday Night Smackdown.

Hmm... Being the youngest in his field. Something to be proud of.

One of my friends done her SWL (Structured Workplace Learing (basically, the school send sus out to businesses, makes us work for free, and then calls it educational)) At an undertakers. She wasn't allowed 'backstage' as we called it. But she said it was a pretty interesting experience.

first of all Yel, that pun was fully intended and you know it. secondly that's quite the accomplishment and something to be proud of. (the 16 yr old undertaker, not your pun yel)