Friends of Barkby Road Cemetery
Hello everyone on this lovely sunny day. We are extremely excited to announce that we have been entered for the Green Flag Award and the Cemetery Awards at this present time. We will let you know when we hear anything.
The fountain is looking beautiful again now- thank you to the Eaton family who have adopted the fountain again this year.
The wildflower garden is starting to take shape now and is looking great, if you have any spare seeds, please feel free to scatter them along the wildflower garden.
Some of the standard roses along the runways have died- these will need to be removed to allow space for the planting of new standard roses. We will try to contact the family who planted roses that have died to inform them of this action. If you would like to plant a standard rose, please feel free to contact Catherine Voyce at Syston Town Council to purchase one for you to dedicate to your loved ones.
As usual at this time of year the flowers are dying quickly, the winds are blowing tributes about, and it makes it difficult for us to find where they belong. We are doing our best to water, remove or to move them to where they belong.
Another heater has now been purchased and fitted in the waiting room. Thank you to Neil from Syston Town Council for sorting this out for us.
It is great to see that our wonderful Chapel is now being used more often for services. Flowers can be arranged in colours to suit you should you wish to hire the Chapel for a funeral service. This can be arranged by contacting Catherine Voyce, at Syston Town Council on 0116 260 7150.
The Council have recently carried out a health and safety inspection on all the headstones in the cemetery.
This has meant that a few of the older headstones were found to be unstable and have therefore been either staked or laid down flat on the ground. If, when you are visiting the cemetery, you find that your loved ones headstone has been laid down, this is the reason for it.
Have a good month everyone.
Ros, and the Friends of the Syston Cemetery
