by FoHPC | Aug 1, 2017 | 2017
Last Sunday’s free guided walk entitled “World War One Remembered” attracted an audience of over 30 visitors. They were led to the graves of several servicemen and other family graves where loved ones who had fought and died in WW1 are commemorated....
by FoHPC | Jul 4, 2017 | 2017
Because the Friends of Hyde Park Cemetery will be exhibiting at the Doncaster Family & Local History Fair with Craft Stalls on the 14 October, we have decided to bring forward our monthly Working Morning by one week, to the 7 October. Please do come along to help...
by FoHPC | Jun 28, 2017 | 2017
There was a good attendance at last Sunday’s guided walk, entitled “Sporting Stars”. Visitors to the cemetery heard about athletes, footballers, a crack rifle shot and others, all of whom had achieved great things in their chosen sport. It is sad to...
by FoHPC | Jun 10, 2017 | 2017
With only a few weeks to go before the Yorkshire in Bloom judges visit Hyde Park Cemetery, our volunteers were not to be deterred from their tasks this morning, in spite of heavy rain. Several of the shrub beds were weeded and dug over, leaving them in a much tidier...
by FoHPC | Jun 6, 2017 | 2017
Following our successful project to restore the graves of famous railway locomotive engineer, Patrick Stirling and two of his sons, we have launched another appeal for support. William Henry Pickering and his wife, Alice Mabel, were both very prominent Doncaster...
