2021 Diary

Another Sunday and we are now into Autumn, a full gang today, not forgetting Felix the puppy– not that he did much in the way of work! Still blessed with good weather the boys carried on working on the Cox J9 started last week. They manoeuvred the last slab into position, and Chris was given […]

Dave, Alan, Rita, Astrid and Chris all working in the cemetery on another sunny day – the weatherman says it may be the last for a while! Chris had cleaned most of the granite stones in the 7 – 12 Parminter grave, and Astrid and Rita were given the task of cleaning the remaining bag,

Alan, Chris, Dave and Astrid in the cemetery today. Astrid was given the task of cutting back two holly trees that had become too overgrown. The lads concentrated on the Parminter grave started last week. The remaining old cement holding the polished granite kerbs and posts were chipped away. The kerbs and posts were cemented

Chris, Alan, Rita and Astrid with Felix welcomed the Mick Aston’s Young Archaeologists Group with their volunteer helpers. It was a lovely sunny day ideal for the visit. There were approximately 17 children with 6-7 volunteer helpers and a few parents. Alan welcomed them and gave a short talk on the hazards in the cemetery

Thanks to the hard work of Susan Potts-Bury, we now have a full transcript of the Bridgwater Union Workhouse Register of Deaths 1866-1913, which can be found in the members section of the website. This ledger, issued by the national Poor Law Commissioners, was intended to record all the deaths that occurred within the Bridgwater

The sun was shining in the cemetery today for workers Chris, Astrid, Alan and Rita. On arrival it was noticed that SDC had started to cut the long grass, which seems to grow daily with the weather we have been having. So much to do, where to start – Astrid and Rita spent the morning

Chris Alan, Rita and Dave working in the cemetery today. Not sure how much clearing up we could do today as we had run out of dumpy bags, but Astrid saved the day and brought in some for us, then went off on a jolly! In the week Alan and Rita had been contacted by

Dave, Chris, Alan and Rita working in the cemetery today. Work today was concentrated on sorting the Kitch 11-3a grave and the kerb of the Horsey grave 11-3. The Kitch grave had a toppled Celtic cross and a large granite block with lead inscriptions, the cross had sunk in the earth , this was dug

Alan & Rita met with Miles (Friends chairman) and Michele (Friends archivist) in the cemetery for a get together on their flying visit to Bridgwater. It was nice to show them around looking at the work which has been completed since their last visit prior to Covid. They were pleased to see the work Fine

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