Essex has more memorial firework specialists than any other county in the UK, so if you are looking for a send-off with some brightness to it, this is a good place to start. Display companies near Chelmsford, Great Dunmow and Colchester will incorporate a small amount of ashes into fireworks, either for a private family gathering or a larger organised display. It suits families who feel a quiet scattering would not quite match the person they are remembering. On the coast, charter operators sailing from Burnham-on-Crouch take families out into the Crouch estuary and beyond for scattering at sea. No licence is needed, and skippers will advise on tides and timing. For something to keep at home, there are makers in Southend-on-Sea working ashes into jewellery, and a studio near South Woodham Ferrers producing memorial artwork and keepsakes.
