2021

Astrid, Alan, Rita, Dave and Chris in the cemetery today. The weather forecast said showers expected, luckily the expected rain did not arrive until the team had packed up and started making for home. The first task was to assess work required to tidy the Kitch memorial in Section 11 found last week, a large […]

Alan, Rita, Dave and Chris in the cemetery today. Another workday of trimming trees, saplings and ivy in between the scattered showers. Today work was concentrated on Section 11 a corner plot with a large holly tree growing amongst plots 1-7, 33-39 and 65-71. Most completely covered in ivy! Dave trimmed the holly tree and

Not so hot this week for working in the cemetery. Alan & Rita arrived later than usual and found Chris already there while Dave and Astrid followed them through the gates. Dave and Alan worked on the two Boulting graves in Plan G 17 and 32. These graves are quite close to the large Boulting

Dave joined Chris, Alan and Rita in the cemetery today, after enjoying a few weekends away. On arrival it was so HOT it was decided that work should be concentrated on cutting back saplings and ivy around a number of trees so that everyone would be working in the shade. Dave and Alan worked on

Astrid, Alan, Rita and Chris in the cemetery today, the weather forecast predicting cloudy with rain coming in at mid-day, which turned out to be correct. Alan’s first job was working on the Boulting H22 grave, cementing the gap between the kerb stones and the concrete landing recently worked on by Fine Memorials. Alan was

The weather forecast was possible heavy showers during the morning, but Astrid, Alan and Rita decided to take a risk and glad they did, it turned out to be hot and humid. SDC had been in and cut the grass so the cemetery was looking good. Fine Memorials had completed their work on the H22

A very hot and sunny day was forecast today, so the Friends, Astrid, Dave, Chris, Alan and Rita, decided to concentrate on working in the shade. Most of the trees in the cemetery had got a bit overgrown since we last trimmed them, so that was a job for today, obviously the larger trees where

Alan went to Cannington Quarry to purchase 3 bags of stone chipping and dropped them off at the cemetery. While he was there he decided he would put membrane and the chipping in the Nicholls grave H20 and completed the job by cleaning the kerbstones with scrubbing brush and water. He then moved over to

Another good working morning in the cemetery today, lots of jobs completed. Rita & Alan went in the cemetery earlier than usual as they wanted to finish off the Radford grave, Section 11-37a, which they managed to complete just as Astrid and Chris arrived. Astrid brought in several pots of seedlings which she took over