Branch News: windsor

Come & Write Your Christmas Message for Our Memory Tree

Windsor, along with all our branches, invites clients and passers-buy to write a message to their lost loved one on a card to place on our Christmas Memory Tree. This is an important part of the grieving process for anyone who has recently suffered a bereavement, and at this difficult time of year it can really help....

Lodge Brothers Quiz Night for Marie Curie Raised £1,401.50

A quiz night, organised recently by Jill at our Windsor branch, took place at the Duke of Connaught pub and raised a huge £1,401.50 for the Marie Curie charity. The amount raised will pay for over 70 hours of Marie Curie community nursing to benefit terminally ill patients being cared for in their own homes. Well done Jill!...

Chris Lodge Rides Land’s End to John O’Groats in Memory of Ben

On Saturday 7th September 2019, I will be cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats  - 9 days, 980 miles.  Whilst I undertake this challenge I will be remembering our friend and colleague Ben, who tragically took his own life. I would like to raise money for CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably – a movement against suicide, the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the UK. You can find ou...

Easter Memory Tree at Windsor Branch

Come tie a yellow ribbon on the Easter Memory Tree at Lodge Brothers in St Leonard's Road in Windsor. Branch arranger Jill Palmer has given the local community the chance to remember their loved ones no longer with us in a simple, yet visual way....

Charity Quiz Night in Windsor

Local members of the community of Windsor turned out to support a charity quiz evening arranged by Lodge Brothers at the ‘Duke of Connaught’ pub in the town. The theme of the evening was ‘The 80s’, and everyone got into the spirit by dressing up in fancy dress. The evening was a huge success with a challenging quiz written by one of the locals, Fraser Grant, who included an enjoyable 80’s music round. With...

St David’s Day in Windsor

The Windsor branch of Lodge Brothers recognised St David, the patron saint of Wales, last week. A simple, but effective display in the window, including daffodils, the Welsh flag and a wonderful stained glass image of St David with the dove on his shoulder. ...

Lodge Brothers, Windsor says: ‘Lest We Forget’

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Another Month … Another Royal Wedding!

The good people of Windsor are getting used to a Royal Wedding! Princess Eugenie recently tied the knot and the town turned out to congratulate the happy couple. The Lodge Brothers branch in Windsor acknowledged the event too with a small and discreet window display extolling the virtue of flowers and their meanings. Branch arranger Jill Palmer set the display up, and received positive ccomments along the way. Thanks...

The Great British Send Off!

Lodge Brothers always aim to give to their families exactly what they are looking for when saying goodbye to a loved one. So when one particular lovely Windsor family didn't want a black hearse and limousine, the task was set for Jill Palmer, the branch arranger, to find colourful icons of what it means to be British! Hence the Union Jack hearse and a London Routemaster bus! "The client's wife was only in her late ...

Honours Even

Lodge Brothers Funeral Directors’ District Manager, Richard Leachman, is a football fan. Although he is a season ticket holder at a Premier League football stadium, he has used his love of the lower leagues to support local teams in their endeavours. Two of the teams in his District went head-to-head on Bank Holiday Monday and Richard sponsored the match-ball through the Company. “It is a simple way of advert...