I believe Arnos Vale on the Bath Road at Brislington has a Book of Remembrance that is opened every day and displays the name of people's loved ones on the anniversary of the actual day and month of their burial or cremation or perhaps it's the anniversary of the death. I expect this happens in every large cemetery throughout the country. I believe the Book of Remembrance entry has to be paid for by the relatives at about the time of the burial or cremation. It's such a shame that some graves can't be found but I understand The Friends of Arnos Vale are doing a great job in clearing this huge burial ground. Bernice

Hi Bernice The Book of Remembrance is a new project at Arnos Vale and you pay to put a relation in it. To obtain details of family graves you pay £23. For those on the list who haven't heard of Arnos Vale, it is the largest cemetery in the area. As most of us know, this was privately owned and the owners were trying to build on the site!! Oh yes. Anyway after a long struggle and a lot of wonderful people fighting for it, the Cemetery was eventually made into a Trust - check the sites http://www.arnosvalefriends.org.uk/ and http://www.arnosvale.org.uk/ Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bernpeg@aol.com> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com>; <E.Newbery@btinternet.com> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 10:19 PM Subject: Re: [B&D] Bad news from the GRO >I believe Arnos Vale on the Bath Road at Brislington has a Book of > Remembrance that is opened every day and displays the name of people's > loved ones > on the anniversary of the actual day and month of their burial or > cremation > or perhaps it's the anniversary of the death. I expect this happens in > every large cemetery throughout the country. I believe the Book of > Remembrance > entry has to be paid for by the relatives at about the time of the burial > or cremation. > It's such a shame that some graves can't be found but I understand The > Friends of Arnos Vale are doing a great job in clearing this huge burial > ground. > Bernice > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Bernice, You are right about the Book of Remembrance. It's a disgrace that Bristol [collectively] let Arnos Vale get in such a state; doesn't matter who owned/owns it. The Council dropped the ball, Peter On 3/2/10, Bernpeg@aol.com <Bernpeg@aol.com> wrote: > I believe Arnos Vale on the Bath Road at Brislington has a Book of > Remembrance that is opened every day and displays the name of people's loved > ones > on the anniversary of the actual day and month of their burial or cremation > or perhaps it's the anniversary of the death. I expect this happens in > every large cemetery throughout the country. I believe the Book of > Remembrance > entry has to be paid for by the relatives at about the time of the burial > or cremation. > It's such a shame that some graves can't be found but I understand The > Friends of Arnos Vale are doing a great job in clearing this huge burial > ground. > Bernice > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >