by FoHPC | May 18, 2016 | 2016
Last Sunday’s Guided Walk around the cemetery, led by Andria, Helen & Phil from the Friends’ committee, was a great success. In all, 34 people enjoyed the afternoon sunshine, while visiting the graves and being told the stories of significant people from...
by FoHPC | May 7, 2016 | 2016
The Friends had a display at today’s Local History Fair, held at Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery. Although there appeared to be fewer visitors than last year, our volunteers, nevertheless, received a great deal of interest for many people. This year’s...
by FoHPC | Apr 26, 2016 | 2016
Progress with New Street wall The boundary wall at the New Street (western) end of the cemetery is being repaired at present by contractors working on behalf of Doncaster Council. The wall was damaged by the roots of the black poplar trees, which were eventually...
by FoHPC | Apr 26, 2016 | 2016
Our guided walk, ‘Discovering Doncaster’s Past’, on 15th May is the final event in this year’s Doncaster Heritage Festival. You can see full details of all the Festival events by clicking here.
by FoHPC | Apr 26, 2016 | 2016
We have just added on to our Events page details of all this year’s guided walks, including a return of our annual Bat Walk in August. Please take a look and then come along, if you can, to find out some surprising facts about Doncaster’s past.
by FoHPC | Mar 13, 2016 | 2016
Here is yet more evidence that graves in Hyde Park Cemetery are being cared for. The previously broken and untidy grave on the right has been restored by a local monumental mason, on behalf of the grave owner. The same owner arranged for a headstone to be erected on...
