LEICESTER
Friends of Welford Road Cemetery
Congratulations to the news of a Green Flag award 2008
Friends of Belgrave Cemetery
April 2010, Dorothy Marshall reports that Leicester bereavement
services now allow the group to use the cemetery keepers porta-cabin as an
office, this is a great improvement from working from the boots of our cars.
We now have nearly 200 members which for a small 5.5 acre cemetery we feel
is quite an achievement.
image by John Tomlinson courtesy of Dorothy Marshall
On 6th June 2009 the Friends are hosting a COMMUNITY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS' DAY sponsored by WM Morrison with plants for the cemetery to the value of £50
image courtesy John Tomlinson: The volunteers with the Cemetery Keeper with the roses presented by Morrison's
Belgrave Cemetery June 2009 Make-a-Difference Day was well supported by the
friends Group and the public.
Chairman Dorothy Marshall reports :
With the continued support of the Community Service Volunteer Organization
(CSV) and sponsored by Morrison's Supermarkets for this years event, the
group presented cemetery keeper Pete with five 'Loving Memory' rose bushes.
With these he created a new rose bed near the notice board at the main
entrance to the cemetery. Willing hands sweep paths and tidied family graves
making the event a 'Day to Remember'
The next CSV Day is
Sunday 25th October 2009. 10am until 3.00pm.
when for the Community Service Volunteer Day- Wave of Kindness,
we intend to hold 'A Caring Sunday'
In November 2008, a new war memorial was unveiled. This was the result of four years of hard work by the committee. The research was undertaken by Brenda Watts which allowed the Friends to publish a Book of Remembrance.
images courtesy John Tomlinson
August 2008 newly restored cemetery gates
image courtesy Friends of Belgrave Cemetery
with thanks to member John E. Tomlinson for the photographs
Friends of Welford Road Cemetery
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