by FoHPC | Oct 30, 2016 | 2016
The former cemetery Lodge is looking fantastic, thanks to the money and dedication invested in it by Adrian Welch. Interior fitting out is continuing, but the exterior works are substantially complete. The Lodge will soon provide high quality domestic accommodation,...
by FoHPC | Oct 18, 2016 | 2016
Our colleagues from Victoria Cross Trust have helped us with a number of tasks within Hyde Park Cemetery over the past couple of years. For example, they cleaned the stonework for Patrick Stirling’s grave restoration in 2015. Yesterday, the Victoria Cross Trust...
by FoHPC | Oct 10, 2016 | 2016
When Hyde Park Cemetery’s former Lodge and entrance arch were bought by Adrian Welch, of Adrian Welch Glass & Glazing, in May 2014, the Lodge was it an extremely poor state. Although a temporary roof had been installed ten years earlier, the stonework was...
by FoHPC | Oct 10, 2016 | 2016
The Commonwealth War Grave Commission is responsible for the upkeep of 108 war graves at Hyde Park Cemetery. 82 of them date from WW1 and 26 from WW2. In order to discharge their responsibilities, CWGC makes regular visits to the cemetery. Today was one such...
by FoHPC | Oct 6, 2016 | 2016
Today has been quite a day. As a result of an extremely generous donation by a Doncaster couple who wish to remain anonymous, the Friends are in a position to start installing new railings in to New Street boundary. You may recall that the wall along this boundary has...
