2021 Diary

Chris, Dave and Astrid in the cemetery today. No Alan and Rita as Alan is recovering from a bad back. We went to the wildflower area and cleared some of the weeds that were suffocating the existing wildflowers and also ready to sow further seeds. After filling two dumpy bags and as there were no […]

Alan and Rita arrived in the cemetery and made their way to the Radford 37a grave Section 11 plot 175 (the lost and forgotten grave worked on last week) and uncovered the bags on the cemented kerbs which Alan worked on Tuesday. All looked good, and when Dave arrived they put earth in the centre.

Another sunny day and while Alan unloaded the tools from the car Rita took 4 empty milk bottles filled with water and watered the wild flower area where we scattered the seeds last week, hopefully there are some left which the birds haven’t eaten! Dave, Chris and Astrid soon followed. We all made our way

Rita and Alan in the cemetery as Fine Memorials were working on the Boyce G65 and Bowden G 30 graves, Rita took a couple of photo’s of them at work. While they were there Alan decided to cement the kerbs of the White M119 back together and Rita started clearing the bluebell area which has

Yes Saturday, not Sunday this week. Lots to do but as Alan and Rita are due their second Covid jab on Sunday, they asked the other Friends if they could make it on Saturday instead. Everyone agreed so here we are, Astrid, Dave, Chris, Alan and Rita! The boys worked really hard today in the

Full house today, Alan, Rita, Dave, Astrid and Chris all working in the cemetery today. The boys were working on the White M119 grave, this is the last grave in the row next to the hedge and fence bordering Jam Factory Lane. The grave is in very poor condition and the centre of the grave

Wednesday 31 March Fine Memorials were in the cemetery today starting work on the memorials for the Friends and relatives. They completed the Dyment H19 and Hickman H20 graves, started work on the Bowden G30 and Boyce G65 graves. Alan and Rita were in the cemetery, Astrid came in the morning and Dave popped in

A host of golden daffodils on a frosty sunny morning, from Astrid:

Chris popped in the cemetery and took some beautiful pictures today. He says: sunshine today, vision is still clear beneath the trees, overhang branches are fine, new flowers show visitors have been.

Just a few pictures from Astrid.