Branch News: Lodge Brothers HQ

Open Day at Lodge & Wickenden, Brentford

Staff at Lodge Brothers & Wickenden in Brentford, opened the doors on 13th November, inviting the public to visit. “It was a big success,” said District Manager Paul Bye. “A good number of people came throughout the day and were given a guided tour of the funeral home, which features an arranging room and a Chapel of Rest.” Residents were encouraged to ask questions about the work of a funeral director a...

St Faiths Church, Brentford – Christmas Memorial Service

More than 100 people are expected to attend St Faiths Church in Brentford for a Christmas Memorial Service at 2pm on Saturday 1st December. The service will be conducted by Rev Derath Durkin and during the service the congregation will be able to light candles to remember their loved ones. Organised by Lodge Brothers & Wickenden Funeral Directors of Brentford and Ealing, the service offers support for grieving fa...

Floral Donation to St Stephen’s Windsor for All Souls Service

Jill Palmer of Lodge Brothers in Windsor arranged for a beautiful floral display to be donated to St Stephen's Church for the All Souls Service held last Sunday. Jill works very closely with the church, alongside the Reverend Ainslie Swift, offering support to the community in many different ways. She remarked, "The All Souls Service is an opportunity for the recently bereaved to come to Church to remember their lov...

Diploma for Jason Jackson of E.A.Langley

Jason Jackson, a funeral director at EA Langley in Paddington has been awarded the Diploma in Funeral Directing (DipFD), the gold standard professional qualification for funeral directing. The award was presented by the National Association of Funeral Directors, the UK’s funeral sector’s pre-eminent trade body, The DipFD requires 2yrs of studying and successful candidates must pass a series of exams, covering al...

Paul Bye Flies Round the World for Meadow House Hospice

Paul Bye, District Manager of Lodge Brothers and Wickenden in Ealing was thrilled to present a cheque for £900 to Lynne May of Meadow House Hospice on Tuesday 23rd October. Paul raised this money by flying non-stop around the world in a flight simulator last month. Lynne commented "We rely on people like Paul and companies like Lodge Brothers to raise funds for the hospice. Donations are used to buy essential medi...

Michael Aspel at St Mary Oatlands Flower Festival

[caption id="attachment_2807" align="alignleft" width="300"] Bill Wilde, Michael Aspel, Caroline Wilde, Sharon Brunn, Rev Steve Brunn, Beverley Lodge[/caption] St Mary Oatlands Church in Weybridge is celebrating its 150th anniversary, and last weekend’s Flower Festival, organized by Reverend Steve Brunn and his wife Sharon as part of the celebrations, was a resounding success. Local celebrity resident Michael As...

E.A Langley Funeral Directors of Paddington, conduct the funeral of the late John Moffatt

John Moffat was one of the most polished, versatile and accomplished actors of his generation. He died last month aged 89, and E.A Langley in Paddington were honoured to be asked to conduct the funeral, which was attended by a cast of famous faces. The Daily Telegraph ran an obituary on September 16th giving account of his colourful career as a writer, actor, singer, dancer and narrator. To view the obituary, pleas...

Age UK thank Barnes & Sons, Shepherds Bush

Paul Bye, District Manager for Lodge Brothers and Barnes & Sons, was delighted to receive a letter of thanks from Age UK recently, for donations made to their Summer Event on the Wornington Green Estate. Paul says,"As with all Lodge Brothers branches, at Barnes & Sons we do as much as we can to work alongside charities in support of the local community. It is always nice to be acknowledged."...

Lodge Brothers in Englefield Green Support the Worlds Largest Coffee Morning

We would be delighted if you could join us for a drink and a cake at the Englefield Green branch of Lodge Brothers, located opposite the cemetery in St Jude's Road. We are supporting the nationwide initiative of Macmillan Cancer Support known as ‘The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’. Please feel free to pop in for a few minutes or indeed all morning and share in this excellent venture. We look forward to meeting...

FUNERAL DIRECTOR TAKES TO THE SKIES FOR HOSPICE

Funeral Director Paul Bye of Lodge Brothers and Wickenden, Northfields Avenue Ealing has just completed a round the world flight using a flight simulator in support of Meadow House Hospice, Ealing. In preparation for the flight Paul received tuition from Mark Charlwood a Flight technical trainer at British Airways in a £10mil Boeing 747 flight simulator at the British Airways flight training centre at Heathrow where...