Lodge News

Lodge Brothers Cooling Down at Chertsey’s Black Cherry Fair

The annual ‘Black Cherry Fair’ has been taking place in the market town of Chertsey for many hundreds of years, and this year, local business Lodge Brothers Funeral Directors had a stall. But unlike most others on the Abbeyfields site, they weren’t selling anything! District Manager, Richard Leachman, and one of his team of Funeral Arrangers, Tom Hoyles, gave away nearly 300 bottles of water to passers-by on...

Englefield Green War Memorial Unveiled in Special Ceremony

Nearly three years ago, Englefield Green resident John Scott, commented to friends that the village's fallen heroes of the World Wars and of conflicts around the world had not been properly recognised. He set about fundraising, so that a monument could be provided to acknowledge the role played by the 205 servicemen. Last month the beautiful memorial you see in the photograph was unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant o...

St James Church, Weybridge ‘Artist in Residence’ Scheme Sponsored by Lodge Brothers

The 'Artist in Residence' Scheme at St James Church in Weybridge was created as a way of bringing the Weybridge community together in an arts programme, involving businesses, schools and residents. The idea is that the community works together under the guidance of artist Claire Reed, to create art, not just pictoral but also in words, music and light. Hundreds of people got involved in the project and some atte...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond Heads UP the Local Runnymede & Weybridge Enterprise Forum Summer Soire

The Runnymede & Weybridge Enterprise Forum is a local business group led by The Right Hon Philip Hammond, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Chaired by Beverley Lodge, Director of Lodge Brothers. The RWEF runs various events for businesses in the local community. A recent summer soire event was held at The Oatlands Park Hotel in Weybridge on 20th July and was Philip’s first event as Chancellor. Over 60 peo...

Dispelling the Myths at Mortlake Crematorium

Lodge Brothers District Manager Quentin Edgington recently took some Nursing home staff from Orione House in Hampton Wick, on a visit to Mortlake Crematorium. He said, 'Everyone who attended found the visit very informative and the Mortlake staff very caring and professional. The staff team members found all their questions were answered and all the popular myths were dispelled! Photo shows back row from left...