Friends of Redcar Cemetery

The Friends Group are in the process of astablishing a unique feature within Redcar Cemetery.We have identified a dead tree and commisioned a well known tree sculpure to fashion a ‘bunch of tulips’

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Hello folks the time is here again it is the prize draw event the one you have been waiting for. The first prize is challenging Bobby George to a game of darts which will happen at a race meeting if you win the prize you will get 4 tickets to the races on that day.
2nd- DVD player
3rd Easter cake
4th Original water colour
5th 4 tickets for Easter Monday Racing Tour
6th CD system with speakers
7th 2 tickets for Billingham Players Theatre Trip
8th Mirror
9th 4 tickets to racing on Ladies Day
10th Facial at Sharon’s hair Salon
11th gin
12th Wine
13th Picnic set
14th Watch and bracelet
15th Meat voucher
16th Bubbly on a tray
17th Chocolate Fountain
18th Chocolates
19th Clown in a tin
20th Watch
tickets are 20p each or 5 for a £1
Drawn at St Peter’s Church on the 31st March at 6.15pm
please see any member of the Friends or ring 471064 or 478349 for tickets

We were sorry to cancel the carol service in the cemetery this year as the weather was awful, we were worried that someone might slip and hurt themselves. We hope it will be better next year, sorry to disappoint so many people. Dorothy

The Friends are erecting a Wish Tree again this year in the Central Library if you would like to leave a message for your loved one write a tag and this will be tied to the tree for a donation. Linda and Yvonne from Laburnum Road Library have tags available, pop into the library there and write your tag and we will make sure that it is placed on the tree. It was a sucess last year with more than 60 messages left. The tree will be erected on the 2nd December

The Friends are holding a Christmas concert featuring The Middleton Choir held at The United Reformed Church Station Road Redcar on December 5th at 7.30pm There will be a raffle, lucky number ticket and refreshments £4. The money will go to refurbishing the Stead memorial headstone in the cemetery. Please support us Dorothy

A concert will be held on October 17th at 7.30pm in St Peters Church on Redcar Lane. Tickets are available, please ring Redcar 471064, they are £4 each with refreshments and lucky ticket number and raffle. It will be a good night listening to a popular folk singer singing songs about his native North East. Don’t miss it

Hello Everyone, its Wish time again, did you see our mug shots in the the paper last night. Please would you save the tokens for us if you are not saving for anyone else, we are wanting to plant more Spring bulbs this year 4,000 to be precise so we need every penny we can lay our hands on. If we achieve our aim it should be a lovely show in the Spring. thanks, Dot.

Thanks to Billy Mcgee from the Merchant Navy Association Captain Bell’s headstone has been fully restored and looks as good as new. Mr Weatherill the stonemason from Danby has done a first class job. Captain Bell was the first sea captain on a boat to sink the first u boat in WW1 and received the DSM from the King.

We want to thank everyone who supported us at this recent event, it was very successful. We met many people interested in the histroy of Redcar. We were heartened to talk to so many people who were interested in the cemetery. Thanks to Iain and Rae for the lovely poem they sent and for checking the epitaph for me. Thanks also to the gent who did us the anagram. Well done to the people who worked so hard to put on the event.