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August 9, 2025

With Councils under pressure to increase development does this signal a wider trend?

Campaigners are opposing plans to build 20 homes on the former Tunbridge Wells Cemetery in Benhall Mill Road, arguing that human remains may still…

August 7, 2025

Heather Bowden 1947 – 2025

On behalf of the Folkestone Cemetery Volunteer Group, Margaret, Damon and I attended the funeral of Heather Bowden, held today at Hawkinge Crematorium. Heather…

July 7, 2025

Caring For Gods Acre: 3 Lovely Quizes

School holidays are on their way, and we have produced some useful resources for parents and holiday club leaders to use in churchyards There…

April 4, 2025

Memorial Spotters Guide

Talking of tombstone quizzes!…… Why not check out this memorials spotters guide and find out about the range of symbols from anchors to doves…

March 25, 2025

Discoveries at the Old Cemetery

Also published in The Hurricane local news publication The Friends have spent 8 years cutting, delving and researching into the stories in the Old…

December 9, 2024

Consultation on the law relating to burial and cremation

Who we are? The Law Commission of England and Wales is an independent body established by statute to make recommendations to government to reform…

September 30, 2024

Finding Mabel

Researched and written by Carole Moody Mabel was lost. The problem was, that after her brief life, nobody today knew about her and so…

August 9, 2024

District Councillors Presentation

On the evening of July 24th, before the full council meeting, members of our group—Janet, Carole, and Rob—had the opportunity to present to the…

March 24, 2024

International Womens Day 2024 – marked with a rose

Each year we celebrate International Women’s Day and over the last few years we now put flowers on graves for some of the significant…

December 16, 2023

Reflecting On The Value Of Volunteers

This morning, I shared pictures on our Facebook group, capturing moments of our dedicated volunteers in action – Karl uncovering a fallen headstone buried…