To mark the occasion at the Barnby Moor Memorial Park and Crematorium, a multi-faith service took place led by the Bishop of Sherwood, the Right Reverend Tony Porter, assisted by the Bishop of Hallam, the Right Reverend Ralph Heskett, Reverend …
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Dying to know something? Talking about death won’t kill you!
Come and meet all types of industry professionals, break down the taboos and take the fear and mystery out of death and what happens surrounding a funeral. Are there questions around death and the funeral industry that you have been …
Read MoreFamily Owned Crematoria Company Celebrates After Winning Prestigious National Award
Crematoria operator Memoria are today celebrating after their South Oxfordshire Crematorium & Memorial Park was named as ‘Best Crematorium in the UK’ at the Good Funeral Awards. It was a great day for Memoria who also won an award in …
Read MoreDelight as our Crematorium receives nomination for National Award in “The Oscars of the Funeral Trade”
Cardiff & Glamorgan Memorial Park & Crematorium are delighted to announce that after our recent nomination for a National Award as the ‘Best Crematorium in the UK’ we have just had news to inform us we have been shortlisted as …
Read MoreVintage Leyland Beaver Visits Cardiff & Glamorgan Memorial Park & Crematorium
When I telephone a crematorium about the clearance under the porte cochere there is normally a delay whilst someone finds the tape measure. However, this wasn’t the case at Cardiff and the Vale Crematorium, Jane Barnett, Manager, said, “9 feet” …
Read MoreICCM Recycling Metals Scheme Donation
We presented a cheque to the value of £4,337 to to Charlotte Thomas of Tŷ Hafan from our ICCM Recycling Metals Scheme. Tŷ Hafan is one of the UK’s leading paediatric palliative care charities and offers care to children and …
Read MoreFormer Butlins colleagues bid farewell to Barry’s first redcoat who died last month
REDCOATS have said a final goodbye to the first Barry Butlins redcoat, who died last month Grandfather Jimmy Ingram (Henry Mark James Ingram) died, aged 74, at the Marie Curie hospice, formerly Holme Tower, in Penarth on May 22 following …
Read MoreCrematorium boss hits back at claims funeral costs are forcing poorer families into debt
A flamboyant crematoria boss has hit back at government attacks over the cost of funerals pushing poorer families into worry inducing debt. By JAMES MURRAY, The Sunday Express Howard Hodgson rejected claims that funerals were too expensive. An all party work …
Read MorePress release: Low Cost Cremation
Leading Bereavement Expert Says MPs’ Report On The State of Funeral Provision Is Inaccurate As British Funeral Culture Is Changing Rapidly Howard Hodgson highlights increasing use of Low Cost Direct Cremation to cut funeral costs. In the wake of the recent …
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