Lodge News
February 4th, 2014
Transporting 50 to 60 frail ladies from their Nursing Home to a theatre to watch a seasonal pantomime is a logistical and practical problem that most Care Home Managers would not even consider tackling. The cost, both in manpower and financial outlay would be considerable, notwithstanding the strain on the ladies themselves. So when Gill Browne, Manager of Brackenbridge House Care Home in Ruislip, approached Peter Br...
February 3rd, 2014
Lodge Brothers of Woking conducted the funeral on Friday 31st January, of actor and Woking resident, Joseph Greig who died aged 91.
Mr Greig appeared in many 1960s television programmes such as Z Cars, The Saint, The Baron, The Avengers and Dixon of Dock Green. He also appeared in The Onedin Line playing Captain Baldwin, and played Guideon in the 1996 film ‘Loch Ness’.
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December 27th, 2013
Jackie Packman, who works for Lodge Brothers as the Branch Arranger in Weybridge, has been with the company for nearly five years. Jackie had wanted to join the funeral business for some time and took the opportunity when the vacancy in Weybridge came up.
Jackie said “I wanted to work in a family run business and was pleased to be based at the branch in Weybridge. It is busy most of the time, but I don’t mind, as...
December 27th, 2013
Bill Wilde, District Manager with Lodge brothers who looks after the Surrey and Berkshire area on behalf of the family business, has been attending meetings at Sunrise, Weybridge, every three months, an initiative started by the residential home earlier in the year.
Bill said, “They start at seven thirty in the morning with a working breakfast, and are attended by several businesses from the local area. The main ar...
December 22nd, 2013
As part of the Walton Business Group Christmas initiative, Lodge Brothers Walton placed a Christmas Tree above the branch as part of the Festival of Light.
The big switch on was on 30th November with many attending the event to witness the parade and all the decorations in the main street in Walton.
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