The GFG Blog
2014Nov
Poem
Charles
Nov
01
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Teenage Room by Paul Wooldridge My mother speaks in detail, I avoid her tired gaze and stare at local headlines, folded double down the page. She talks of calls and records, staying strong and on the go. I know I should be helping, be of use, keep up the show.
2014Oct
Lifting the spirits
Charles
Oct
31
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Posted by Kitty Perry When I was a child in the 60s, not a lot happened on 31st October. Casting my mind back and thinking really hard, the only thing I can remember doing is bobbing for apples. Which I did once at a friend’s birthday party. Come to think
Death Poets Society
Charles
Oct
31
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Love and Loss: Poetry at funerals and in bereavement Sunday 2nd Nov, 8pm North London Tavern, Kilburn High Road Tickets £8 through kilburnliteraryfestival.co.uk and on the door Bereavement can lead people to seek solace in poetry for the first time, or indeed, to express themselves by writing their own poetry
Forget Oxo ad tributes – follow Lynda’s example
Charles
Oct
30
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Guest post by Wendy Coulton Lynda Bellingham’s refreshing openness and honesty about living and dying with cancer has touched many lives but the enduring legacy will be if people take responsibility for their end of life matters. There have been calls for the Oxo advert to be broadcast this Christmas by
Are you a Funeral Director or a Fleet Manager?
Charles
Oct
29
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Guest post by James Hardcastle You cannot be both and nor should you have to be. Communities look to you, as a trusted funeral director, to be supporting them in their time of need whilst planning the unique good-bye for their loved one and not fretting about another problem with your
Tradition is a guide, not a jailer
Charles
Oct
28
12 comments
When Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen was at large on tv’s Changing Rooms, it was not unusual for people to weep when they saw what he’d done to their living room and, through their tears, defiantly declare that, first chance they got, they were going go out and buy 5 litres of
The man from the Pru
Charles
Oct
27
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Guest post by Quokkagirl When I was no’but a girl, I used to like Friday evenings…..because the man from the Pru used to call. I say the Pru but it could have been any insurance company. I don’t recall the specifics, but it was an insurance man. This was an
Poem
Charles
Oct
25
No Comments
Widow’s Villanelle by Paul Wooldridge Beneath the darkened upper floors you smile and wave, left on your own, with stillness waiting through each door. Redundant now, your faithful chores, that once supported fragile bone beneath the darkened upper floors. That one is left is nature’s flaw. The tiring
Adwords for Funeral Directors
Charles
Oct
24
4 comments
Guest post by Mark Sharron For the second part of this guest post series on SEO for Funeral Directors I’m going to talk about Google Adwords. Adwords is a Google’s Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising system. Adwords went live in early 2000 and has helped tens of thousands of businesses