| INTRODUCING THE FRIENDS OF MILL ROAD CEMETERY
Caring for Mill Road Cemetery
What do the Friends of Mill Road Cemetery do?
The Friends host a number of events in and about the Cemetery throughout the year.
The Friends liaise with the City Council over the management of the Cemetery and champion initiatives such as the setting up a meadow-area and, perhaps, a garden of remembrance.
Much of the damage to gravestones of 1998/9 has now been repaired thanks to a £5000 council grant awarded to the Friends of Mill Road Cemetery. With this, the help of the Council and the care of all who use the Cemetery, it is now looking better than it has for years.
In the Autumn, the Friends host an illustrated talk about an aspect of the Cemetery, ranging from the importance of cemeteries in English heritage to the history of the former chapel or the botany of the graveyard and the meadow-area.
Every April the Friends organise a Cemetery Spring Clean Day and each Summer a Cemetery Open Day which includes a variety of events for all ages.
The Friends are affiliated with the National Federation of Cemetery Friends.
If you wish to become a friend, either e-mail info@mill-road.com or send a cheque for anything from £5.00 to £20.00 made out to 'Friends of Mill Road' to The Membership Secretary, 11 Guest Road, Cambridge CB1 2AL. |
