by FoHPC | Nov 10, 2017 | 2017
Yesterday’s edition of the Doncaster Free Press contains an article about some of the airmen who served at Doncaster airfield in WW1 and who died in the service of the allies. Based on an interview with FoHPC committee member, Richard Bell, a few weeks ago, it...
by FoHPC | Nov 10, 2017 | 2017
While we have hosted groups of volunteers from the National Citizen Service over the past few summers, this year was the first time that a group came to help us at Hyde Park Cemetery in the autumn. The youngsters, all students at Club Doncaster’s Sports College,...
by FoHPC | Oct 8, 2017 | 2017
Although the graves of Patrick Stirling and his sons were restored in 2015, they had started to look a little untidy due to weeds growing through the marble chippings. At yesterday’s Working Morning, Nigel and Richard removed the chippings, riddled them, weeded...
by FoHPC | Sep 13, 2017 | 2017
We are absolutely delighted to announce that Hyde Park Cemetery has been awarded a Silver Medal in the Yorkshire In Bloom 2017 competition. Although the Friends were initially sceptical about the chances of success, when we realised that community involvement plays a...
by FoHPC | Sep 8, 2017 | 2017
Three years ago we discovered that the Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone of Corporal Thomas William (Tommy) Booth had been broken. It had cracked at ground level and lay flat on its back on the grass. After we reported it to CWGC, it was only a couple of...
