During the week Alan & Rita went to Cannington Quarry to purchase four bags of stone chippings, these were for the Palmer F26 grave. On Thursday, Alan went to the cemetery, laid black membrane down and put the stone chippings in the grave. The headstone was cleaned and laid on top of the kerbs. Fine Memorial […]
Diary: 26 July 2020 Read More »
Rain was forecast for today but that came earlier than expected so by the time Alan & Rita arrived at the cemetery the weather was perfect – not too hot. Dave followed soon after then along came Parsley and Astrid. (Parsley always get here first as he is eager to see us!). The first hour
Diary: 19 July 2020 Read More »
A lovely sunny day in the cemetery today with Rita, Alan, Astrid, Parsley and nice to have Dave back fit and well. Alan and Dave concentrated on the Dunsford G16 grave. The two long kerbs and end kerb were slid and cemented back into position. They had to work fast as the cement was drying
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Rita, Alan, Astrid and of course Parsley, in the cemetery today, Dave not able to make it, hopefully he will be in next Sunday weather permitting. It was decided today to repair the Margetts grave N20 as the kerbs were loose and two posts had been knocked out of position. The kerbs and posts were
A few short showers of rain during the morning which did not stop Alan, Rita, Astrid and Parsley from working in the cemetery today. Astrid and Rita scattered a few more packets of seeds in the wild flower area, saying they had two chances – to grow – or not!. Alan spent one of his
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Sunday 21st June Hoping the rain would hold off, Alan, Rita, Astrid and Parsley ventured back into the cemetery today. They were delighted to see Keith (one of the neighbours) had trimmed the hedge along the boundary fence, and they thanked his wife when they saw her. Alan with his mattock dug up the nettles and
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The weather forecast said it would be a fine sunny day today, so Alan, Rita and Astrid decided to go into the cemetery. After discovering an old photo that had in the background a view of the Non Conformist chapel, which has since been demolished, Rita wanted to take a photo from the same position
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Alan and Rita met Astrid at the cemetery today. They were pleased to see that the front gate had been repaired and we can now keep it shut. SDC had also been in and cut the grass, due to the Coronavirus this was the first cut of the year and they did an excellent job,
Today the team from Sedgemoor District Council were in to cut the grass – the first time since the Coronavirus lockdown.
