Branch News: Brentford

Dying Awareness Week Information Day at Mulberry Centre

As part of Dying Awareness Week, Paul Bye, District Manager of Lodge Brothers and Wickenden Brentford, sponsored an information day at The Mulberry Centre, offering advice on Wills, Outreach support and Pre-Paying & Pre-Arranging a funeral. Lodge Brothers sponsored the event and offered everyone who visited tea, coffee and cakes. The event was also attended by other representatives from the care home industry, l...

Lodge Brothers & Wickenden bring Easter to Jessops House, Chiswick

Lodge Brothers of Brentford provided Easter Eggs to the residents at Jessops House as part of their Easter Celebrations. Jessops House Scheme Manager, Margaret Ayers MBE said ‘I would like to thank Paul Bye and Valerie Perkins for arranging this – the residents loved it, the residents even made Easter bonnets to help celebrate Easter’. Two pupils of Kew Green Preparatory School acted as Easter Bunnies and gave ...

A Cracking Donation

Jessop House of Chiswick were grateful of a donation of 50 Christmas crackers to compliment the residents annual Christmas lunch, Lodge Brothers of Brentford kindly donated the crackers after being tipped off by a Jessop House resident. Margaret Ayers MBE, Warden at Jessop House, commented; “Unfortunately nothing comes cheap in this day and age and whenever we plan an event we have to review the budgets, so it is a...

Christmas Remembrance Tree at Lodge & Wickenden

From the 1st December, Lodge Brothers and Wickenden’s annual Tree of Remembrance will be available in our branches. If we have cared for you in the last 2 years you will have been sent some tags. Perhaps your bereavement was more than 4 years ago, or maybe we didn’t look after the funeral arrangements for you at your time of loss – regardless of this, you are very welcome to call in or ring us and we w...

Chapel of Rest Dedication Ceremony at Lodge & Wickenden Brentford

On Thursday 16th October 2014, Lodge Brothers Funeral Directors in Brentford held a Ceremony to officially dedicate the Chapel of Rest after an extensive refurbishment project. The Worshipful Mayor of The Borough of Hounslow, Councillor Corrina Smart, was guest of honour. Paul Bye District Manager for Lodge Brothers in West London, opened the proceedings by welcoming the Mayor and all the guests to the new style prem...

Remembering The Fallen

Lodge Brothers & Wickenden Funeral Directors in Brentford have been commemorating the Centenary Anniversary of the onset of World War 1 with a wonderful window display featuring books, photographs, poppies, official documents and popular prayers and song lyrics from the era. Many passers-by have commented on the display and have said how much they appreciate the way Lodge Brothers uphold and support these import...

Mortlake Crematorium Celebrates 75 Years

Chris Lodge and Paul Bye joined mayors, ministers and other funeral directors for a service to celebrate 75 years of Mortlake Crematorium on 3rd June 2014. The crematorium, which opened in 1939, has seen 180,000 cremations take place, including that of Margaret Thatcher, who died in April last year. Other well-known figures to have been cremated at Mortlake Crematorium include comedian Tommy Cooper, actor Michael Red...

1st Anniversary of Lodge & Wickenden’s Memorial Rose Garden

Lodge Brothers & Wickendens Funeral Directors in Brentford are celebrating the first anniversary of their memorial rose garden, which was opened last year on Tuesday 21st May 2013. Around 30 invited guests came along to the branch last year to sponsor a rosebush. Funds raised by the sponsorships were donated to The Mulberry Centre, a privately funded Hospice based in the grounds of West Middlesex Hospital, which...

Lodge Brothers Information Day at The Mulberry Centre for Dying Awareness Week

As part of Dying Awareness Week, Paul Bye, District Manager of Lodge Brothers and Wickenden Brentford, sponsored an information day at The Mulberry Centre, offering advice on Pre Paying or Pre Arranging a funeral. Accompanied by Rob Marshall, a Wills specialist from PWS Ealing, the pair were kept busy all through the day with local residents who were invited to call in to obtain free advice. Lodge Brothers sponsored ...

You Only Die Once…Make Your Wishes Known

Lodge Brothers & Wickenden and The Mulberry Centre have joined forces to organise an Information Day in conjunction with Dying Awareness Week. Specialist Information will be available from industry representatives from the sectors of Wills & Probate, Care Homes, Financial and Benefits, Hospices and of course Funeral Directors. Dying awareness week has been established some 5 years and is designed to help ed...