2021 Diary

Just Dave in today doing some cleaning up. He did a great job clearing weeds and ivy etc. from the M103 Davys, M102 Sadler and M87 Sheppard graves. Well done Dave

Alan, Rita, Astrid with Felix in the cemetery today, a sunny morning if a bit cold, but fine as they made sure that they were working the sun. Alan concentrated on the Prew 11-26 finishing off the cementing he started on Wednesday. Astrid and Rita decided to tidy two graves that had become overgrown with

A bright and sunny morning – if a little chilly! Dave, Chris, Alan and Rita in the cemetery today, Astrid popped in with Felix to see how they were getting on. A week ago while working in Plan 11 it was discovered that two fallen headstones, Richards 11-35 and Vickery 11-36a had been laid down

Bright sunny day only Alan and Rita working in the cemetery today, Astrid with Felix popped in to see how they were getting on. Alan had been in on Tuesday in Plan 11 to tidy a few graves around Rita’s family Perrett grave, uncovering a broken heart shaped small head stone belonging to the Woodridge/

Alan, Rita, Chris, Dave and Astrid accompanied by Felix in the cemetery today. The first job was to look at the work that Roy Cheek, a local well known Horticultural Consultant, who visited the cemetery last week and planted 34 Buddleia saplings along the Pantomime wall area. These saplings had been grown by Roy, they

Sunday 24 October Only Dave, Chris and Alan in the cemetery today, unfortunately Rita and Astrid not well enough to work but Astrid did pop in to see how the boys were getting on with the Burridge 8-65 kerbs. Although rain was in the air they decided to take the risk to sort the fourth

Alan, Rita, Chris and Dave in the cemetery today, a warm sunny morning. The boys started work on the Winslade 7-15 grave, the double grave front granite kerb had been pushed out of position and weeds and grass had grown up between the gap. The loose left side kerb and the front kerb slid out

Having a guilty conscious for forgetting the black membrane to finish off the Wills grave (L 17) last Sunday, Alan went in the cemetery on Wednesday to add the membrane and back fill the grave with the stones. A photo was taken for John (committee member) so he can see his family grave when he

Alan, Rita, Chris and Dave in the cemetery today, after all the rain yesterday it was a nice surprise to see the sun shining today. With the cement hardened off on the Cox J 9 grave, Alan and Chris set to work to finish this off. Sand was laid over the concrete slabs so the