Goldcrests are on the "amber warning" list in Britain. The cemetery has a thriving colony of these tiny birds living in its evergreen trees.
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The Friends of Woodbury Park Cemetery plan two special events to celebrate Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. - See below and put them in your diary now! - Queen's Diamond Jubilee Year 2012
Saturday
19 May 2012
10am-2pm
St John Green |
Plant Sale
Our annual plant sale in aid of memorial conservation funds.
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Friday
25 May 2012 7:30pm
Camden Centre |
AGM and lecture on Sepulchral Symbolism
Decoding the hidden meaning of graveyard monuments
Speaker Robert Stephenson Chair Funerary Monuments Group,
National Association of Cemetery Friends.
This is a topic that many members have asked to learn more about so here is your chance.
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Sunday
10 June 2012
2:30pm
Woodbury Park
Cemetery |
Minibeast safari
with Dr Ian Beavis; targeted at children but equally informative and interesting for adults.
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Friday
22 June 2012
9pm
Woodbury Park
Cemetery |
Bat and moth watching
with Keith Palmer and Dr Ishpi Blatchley
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Saturday
23 June 2012
10am-3pm
Woodbury Park
Cemetery |
"All things bright and beautiful"
a Diamond Jubilee event for old and young alike
to celebrate and share the skills of the creative people of
Tunbridge Wells with stalls and demonstrations.
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Sunday
15 July 2012
2:30pm
Woodbury Park
Cemetery |
"Red White and Blue"
a Diamond Jubilee brass band concert paying tribute to
the many Victorian soldiers, sailors, and their redoubtable spouses buried here.
(If wet, venue will shift to St Johns Church hall close by)
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Saturday
11 August 2012
2:30pm
Hawkenbury
Cemetery |
Historic Walk
with Ann Bates and Susan Brown looking at some interesting monuments now being recorded by the Hawkenbury Memorial Inscriptions group.
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Friday
26 October 2012
7:30pm
Camden Centre |
A ghostly evening with Weald Stories Group.
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Friday
23 November 2012
7:30pm
Camden Centre |
Victorian Funeral Costums
Brian Kempster
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Friday
8 February 2013
7:30pm
Camden Centre |
Servants of the Empire commemorated in Hawkenbury Cemetery
Ann Bates and Susan Brown
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WORKING PARTIES to clear and tidy up graves regularly meet on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 pm.
If you would like to help, please contact Angela Swain on 01892 541881 or just come along with secateurs and gloves.
More details about events and other information available www.fwpc.org.uk or 01892 525578.
