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Browse around the site, we cover safety in cemeteries, a picture gallery, a list of our members and news items from various Friends groups. Our Events and Walks page is a popular feature.
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Date of last update 28th July 2010
AGM 2010 Friends of West Norwood Cemetery are hosting the AGM to be held on 31st July 2010
New EH Listing Cherry Lane Campaigners rejoice as a Monument is
awarded Grade II Listing
English Heritage has granted Grade II Listing to a monument at Cherry Lane
cemetery, Hayes. The EMI Memorial is deemed of historical interest as it
signifies the 37 lives lost when a doodlebug dropped its deadly cargo on the EMI
Factory in Hayes during W.W.II
CLAD (Cherry Lane Against Development), one of the Campaign groups against
a Third Runway at Heathrow have been fighting to prevent the use of Cherry
Lane Cemetery being used to accommodate a dual carriageway linking up with
the M4. Independently of EMI, CLAD applied to English Heritage to get a Listing
of the Memorial.
Spokesperson for the cemetery campaign CLAD, Edna La Mothe said, "Every
little success is a step towards our goal of saving the Cemetery. We are
delighted with this decision, as it gives the Cemetery and Monument the mark of
importance, which the community always felt it deserves. It also recognises the
impact this incident has on the history of Hayes".
CLAD will hold its annual Remembrance Day candlelit service on the 14th
November, when the story of the EMI bombing is retold.
awarded Grade II Listing
English Heritage has granted Grade II Listing to a monument at Cherry Lane
cemetery, Hayes. The EMI Memorial is deemed of historical interest as it
signifies the 37 lives lost when a doodlebug dropped its deadly cargo on the EMI
Factory in Hayes during W.W.II
CLAD (Cherry Lane Against Development), one of the Campaign groups against
a Third Runway at Heathrow have been fighting to prevent the use of Cherry
Lane Cemetery being used to accommodate a dual carriageway linking up with
the M4. Independently of EMI, CLAD applied to English Heritage to get a Listing
of the Memorial.
Spokesperson for the cemetery campaign CLAD, Edna La Mothe said, "Every
little success is a step towards our goal of saving the Cemetery. We are
delighted with this decision, as it gives the Cemetery and Monument the mark of
importance, which the community always felt it deserves. It also recognises the
impact this incident has on the history of Hayes".
CLAD will hold its annual Remembrance Day candlelit service on the 14th
November, when the story of the EMI bombing is retold.
Memorial Safety frequently asked Q and A's
The Ministry of Justice has produced guidance to cemetery visitors and cemetery managers see the Safety in Cemeteries page on this website
The Ministry of Justice has produced guidance to cemetery visitors and cemetery managers see the Safety in Cemeteries page on this website
New publication by the National Federation of Cemetery Friends A revised and enlarged edition of Saving Cemeteries is now available. This book is designed to help:
• If you have a cemetery in your area that is under threat or may become so but are not sure what to do
• If you want to set up a cemetery friends group and need a list of procedures
• If your group is looking to develop with activities and fundraising
The book contains guidance on all the aspects of setting up a Friends Group (indeed, it would be of value to non-cemetery related groups too) as well as case studies, and is generously illustrated.
Saving Cemeteries – a Handbook for Cemetery Friends. 112 pp.
ISBN 978-0-9529780-1-5
Price: £5.00 + £1 p&p (£3.00 + £1 p&p to members)
Copies of the book are available from the NFCF secretary Gwyneth Stokes please make cheque payable to NFCF and send to NFCF 42 Chestnut Grove, South Croydon CR2 7LH
Cemetery friends will welcome the publication of the much needed guidance to local authorities on the safety of burial ground monuments which discourages staking, the laying down of memorial stones and the use of mechanical test instruments.
Justice Minister Bridget Prentice in announcing this report commented that too many burial ground operators were taking these actions when there was no serious risk to the public. The new guidance makes it clear this should only be done as a last resort.
The full report – ‘Managing the safety of burial ground memorials’ – can be seen on the Ministry of Justice website at
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/safety-burial-grounds.htm or the booklet obtained from Brian.Webb@justice.gsi.gov.uk
Paradise Preserved a publication by English Heritage to obtain a pdf download of the publication click here
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