The Canine Care Card is a FREE service that gives you peace of mind, knowing that Dogs Trust will care for your dog/s if you pass away before they do.   What happens if your dog goes to Dogs Trust If you pass away and have a Canine Care Card, Dogs Trust will arrange...

Family Flowers Only As Funeral Directors we are seeing that more and more families are requesting donations, in lieu of flowers, in memory of their loved one for a favourite charity or one that may be linked to their loved  one’s care or health before they passed...

Yes, we know, we didn’t think coffins could be motorised either! That’s why we were rather interested when we came across this unusual challenge set by two car fanatics in Perth, Scotland. Allan Brand and Arthur Middleton have spent months creating the ‘Grim Reaper’,...

In 2009 the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) set up the Dying Matters coalition. This coalition currently has 32,000 members across England and Wales, the aim is to help people talk more openly about dying, death and bereavement, and to make plans for the...

Somme 100- Honouring the sacrifice of a generation On the 1st July 2016 we will mark the 100th anniversary of the start and end of the Battle of the Somme. A battle of the First World War, fought by the armies of the British and French empires against the German...

Along with the New Year comes the ‘new’ New Year resolutions, but are they new or do you just carry on your age old tradition of the same resolutions that you never achieve? Some of the top ten resolutions for 2015/16 for us Brits were; Stay fit and healthy Get...

We’re pleased to announce that the Vintage 1929 Guy Funeral Hearse is available to hire through Thos. Furber & Co. Ltd. It has been with the family since new and worked on a farm 400 miles north of Perth in Western Australia, it replaced horse and carriage. We think...