Branch News: Lodge Brothers HQ

Lodge Brothers Host Remembrance Service

This year the annual service of Remembrance sponsored by Lodge Brothers Funeral Directors and was held at St Matthews Church. This was the third year running the family run local funeral directors held a service for their families. Over 230 people packed the church, last Sunday for a service lead by Father Ralph Horton with a poem read by Beverley Lodge and reading by Richard Leachman (Lodge Brothers District Manage...

Anna Friel films new TV drama in Brentford

ACTRESS Anna Friel popped down to Brentford on Monday to film scenes for her upcoming TV drama. The 35-year-old, famed for her roles in Brookside and Goal!, was shooting for a new TV show in Lodge Brothers & Wickenden, funeral directors, in Half Acre on Monday (28). She filmed scenes both inside and outside the premises and branch arranger, Valerie Perkins, managed to be caught on film in several scenes. Ms Perk...

Loved ones remembered in service

NORTH PADDINGTON: More than 150 people attended a memorial service for their loved ones at Our Lady of Lourdes and St Vincent de Paul Church, in Harrow Road, on November 5. An hour-long mass was conducted by Father Francis Darkwah, followed by a presentation of names and the lighting of candles. The service, supported by E.A. Langley funeral director, was aimed at offering support for grieving families who are s...

Robert Lodge interview on Brooklands radio

Robert Lodge interview on Brooklands radio - RobertLodge2011-10-14 (6mb)...

Addlestone cemetery to run out of space by Christmas

A central cemetery to serve Runnymede could be created after it was revealed that burial plots in Addlestone are set to run out by the end of the year. Runnymede Council's leisure and environment committee has voted to scrap the right to buy a specific plot in advance. The next available grave will be offered instead. Councillors heard on Thursday last week that extending Addlestone Cemetery in Green Lane into the ...

Lodge Brothers aid a stricken Angel

[caption id="attachment_1705" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Angels Delight"][/caption] Local Funeral Directors and Memorial Stonemasons, Lodge Brothers have come to the aid of a Shepperton angel who lost her marble hands when thieves vandalised St Mary Magdalene Church in Squires Bridge Road. ‘We like to think we are on the side of the angels’ said Chris Lodge, who manages Lodge Brothers’ memorial st...

Hats off to Quentin – Funeral Director Swims for Charity

[caption id="attachment_1654" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Quentin Edgington"][/caption] Quentin Edgington, District Manager of Lodge Brothers the local, family Funeral Directors in Feltham, recently took part in the national Swimathon event. The photo shows Quentin who, on a very hot day, completed the event in his best time ever! ‘I swapped my Top Hat for a swimming Cap to take part in the Sw...

Funeral Directors organize party for Retired Reverend

After 20 years as the Hospital Chaplain for the Hillingdon Hospital Trust, the man with the perfect name for the job, Richard Christian, has retired and to mark the occasion local funeral directors, Lodge Brothers, organised a party. The event was held at the Red Lion in Hillingdon on the last day of March, the day Richard retired. All the chaplaincy team attended as did Robert Lodge, chairman of Lodge Brothers and...

A Plaque made by Lodge Bros marks the ‘Soul to the Street’ Scheme

The Mayor of Elmbridge, Councillor Barry Cheyne, unveiled a commemorative plaque in Walton High Street on Wednesday 16th March to celebrate the completion of the 'Soul to the Street' project. The plaque, made by Local Funeral Directors and Memorial Stonemasons, Lodge Brothers, is mounted into the pavement and according to Chris Lodge, who manages the stone masonry division at Lodge Brothers has been made to withstan...

New Walton Office

  FAMILY OWNED FUNERAL DIRECTORS   OPEN IN WALTON  Lodge Brothers, the family owned local Funeral Directors, have recently opened their new branch in Walton-on-Thames. The new funeral home at 65 High Street, Walton-on-Thames will be managed by Robert Lodge, a seventh generation descendant of James Lodge who founded Lodge Brothers in 1780. He will be assisted by experienced Funeral Arranger Ann McMurray who is mo...