The team were delighted when the cemetery regeneration scheme won an award in the Prudhoe in Bloom competition, coming third in the Community category. This category specifically looks at the ethos of ‘taking pride in your patch’.

Eddie said “This was really unexpected as we are, of course, very much at the beginning of the regeneration programme with a lot of work taking place on site. This aware recognises the commitment of the team of volunteers and the vast amount of work they are doing“

The project still has a way to go and the team is hopeful that next year they will be able to put on a dazzling display.

The troops arrived

The cemetery team were given a welcome helping hand by a detachment of from the 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, who are based at Albemarle Barracks. They joined us on the afternoon of Wednesday 20th September and, although they were only able to put in a short, two-hour shift, they certainly made an impression! They barrowed tons of debris up to the compost heap at the top of the cemetery, a very heavy and physical job which is slightly beyond the physical prowess of some of the volunteers. But it proved to be no problem at all for the gang of fit troops.

We hope that we will be able to get the army lads back at some time in the future as they really were a great help.
 
This support was made possible by the Land of Oak & Iron allowing us to use some of our grant money to buy barrows and shovels, and we are grateful to them for their help and co-operation.