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Alan and Rita went in the cemetery today (29 December 2024) as we received a message from Chris that the occupants had gone from the cemetery and left a considerable amount of rubbish and mess behind. Photos were taken and then the clean up started. They bagged up tents, groundsheets, curtains, blankets, loads of clothing […]

Dave, Alan, Chris and Rita in the cemetery today (15 December 2024). Quite wet underfoot but the sun did manage to pop out and keep us warm while work commenced. Today was a clearing up job, the boys got stuck in and dug out the kerbs and posts of the Hodge grave 13-53 that the

Chris, Alan, Rita and Astrid in the cemetery mid morning (8 December 2024) to survey the damage after storm Darragh passed through Somerset yesterday. A neighbour kindly sent a photo of a fallen tree to our chairman who forwarded it to the Friends, but Chris braved the winds and went in the cemetery in the

Full house today (1 December 2024) and the sun was shining. Dave, Alan, Chris, Rita and Astrid in the cemetery today. Although Astrid unable to help out yet it was nice to see her and have a chat while we had our tea break. It was agreed the team would concentrate in section E started

Alan and Rita paid a quick visit to the cemetery today to see if the recent high winds had caused any damage within the cemetery (25 November 2024). There were plenty of small sticks and branches lying about, and one fairly large branch had come down from the Cedar tree in the centre of the

Just Chris working in the cemetery today (17 November 2024). He removed ivy and weeds from the Mountstevens grave E14 and also cleaned up the Reece/Parr E15. Just a little more work to finish this off. Well done Chris for filling another half bag. Hopefully a full team will be back next week weather permitting.

Just Alan and Rita working in the cemetery today (10 November 2024), wishing Dave a speedy recovery from his heavy cold. It turned out to be quite a nice day and much to our surprise the sun came out – only for 10 minutes – but it cheered us up. Alan spent the morning working

Rita an Alan were busy helping with Bridgwater Carnival and were unable to work in the cemetery today (3 November 2024). Dave popped in the cemetery for a couple of hours and cleaned up the M26 Hawkins and M52 Tucker graves and from the before and after photo’s you can see what a good job

Alan working in the cemetery today (30 October 2024) to sort out the Roberts grave M56 and Dave popped in for a chat. Alan went in to lay bricks in a row to support the kerbs. The job went well, it took two rows of bricks to bring up to the level required. The old

Alan and Rita working in the sunny cemetery today (27 October 2024) with a visit from Astrid still on her sticks and struggling along with Felix in tow. First job was to weed the wild flower garden, digging out the teasels and brambles and a quick tidy up before moving up to Section M. Stopping