þÿ <! DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <head> <title>FRIENDS OF BEDFORD CEMETERY EVENTS PAGE</title> <style type = "text/css" > #s1 { color: red;} #s2 {font - size:17pt; } #s3 {font - size:18pt; color: red;} #s4 {font - size:16pt; color: black;} #div1 {background-color:black; color: white; position:absolute; top:0px; left:0px; width:1000px; height:330px; text-align:center; padding:0px; font-size: 12pt; } #div2 {background-color:black; color: white; position:absolute; top:70px; left:0px; width:500px; height:240px; text-align:center; font-size: 24pt; } #div3 {background-color:black; color: white; position:absolute; top:285px; left:587px; width:300px; height:20px; text-align:center; font-size: 12pt; } #div4 {background-color:black; color: white; position:absolute; top:246px; left:130px; width:235px; height:40px; text-align:center; padding:5px; font-size: 12pt; } #div5 { background-color: #CCCCCC; color : black; position:absolute; top:325px; left: 0px; width:1000px; height:1900px; text-align:center; padding:10px; font-size: 24pt; } #div6 { background-color: #CCCCCC; color : black; position:absolute; top:395px; left: 50px; width:900px; height:500px;text-align:left; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14pt; } body { background-color:green; color : black } </style> </head> <body> <div id ="div1"> <p></p> </div> <img id = "chapel 5A" src = "chapel 1C.jpg" width = "320" height = "240" alt ="Foster Hill Road Cemetery Chapel" style = "position: absolute; top:30px; left: 565px; border-color:white; border-style:solid;border-width:5px;"/> <div id ="div2"> <p><b>FRIENDS <span id = "s2">OF</span> BEDFORD CEMETERY<br><br> Foster Hill Road</b></p> </div> <div id ="div3"> <p>The Chapel from the south</p> </div> <div id ="div4" > <p> <a href="index.htm"><span id = "s1"><b>RETURN TO HOME PAGE</b></span></a> </div> <div id ="div5"><b>THE EVENTS PAGE</b></div> <div id ="div6"> <p><span id = "s3"><b>Sunday January 22nd 2012.</b></span> <b> Open Day at Norse Road Crematorium.<br> 1.00-2.15pm Conducted (behind the scenes) Crematorium Tours.<br> 3.00pm: a talk by Inspector Mark Everett. 'Local policing in a changing world .</b> <br><br> <span id = "s3"><b>Sunday March 11th 2012.</span> Foster Hill Road Chapel. 2.15pm Annual General Meeting.<br> 3.00pm; a talk by Liz Carter. A Victorian Childhood .</b><br><br> <span id = "s3"><b>Sunday 27th May 2012.</span>At Foster Hill Road Cemetery.<br> 2.00pm. Meet at the Chapel. Natural History Walk with Jon Bishop. Please phone Margaret (01234 360003) on the preceeding day if possible.</b><br><br> <span id = "s3"><b>Tuesday 29th May 2012.</span>At Foster Hill Road Cemetery.<br> 2.30pm. Meet at the Chapel. Natural History Walk with Jon Bishop. Please phone Margaret (01234 360003) on the preceeding day if possible.</b><br><br> <span id = "s3"><b>July 2012.</span>Proposed coach trip to Lichfield and the National Memorial Arboretum.<br> More details soon.</b><br><br> <span id = "s2"><b>FOR MORE DETAILS ON FUTURE EVENTS..... SEE BELOW.</b></span><br><br> <p><span id = "s3"><b>Sunday January 22nd 2012.</b></span> <span id = "s2"><b> Open Day & Talk at Norse Road Crematorium.</b></span><br> The Crematorium will be open for behind the scenes  tours, starting at 1.00pm.<br> Tours last about 30 minutes and the last tour starts at 2.15pm.<br><br> <span id = "s2"><b> 3.00pm.Talk by Inspector Mark Everett. 'Local policing in a changing world'.</b></span><br> A brief stroll through 30 years of local policing from a local boy ( I use the term loosely) a little bit about me, my various roles and then moving into describing the challenges of policing Bedford ( putting things into context, population, crime rates and types and policing style). Finally a little bit about how recent budget restraints have caused us to alter the way we do business and the short and long term effects of such changes.<br><br> Born and raised in Kempston, I have been a police officer for almost 30 years. During my career I have walked the beat in Bedford as a fresh-faced teenager ( I was 19 when I joined Bedfordshire police) moving on to patrol the rural areas of Biggleswade and Sandy as an Authorised Firearms officer. From there I transferred to the CID carrying out detective duties in both Biggleswade and Dunstable. Promoted to Sergeant in 1991 I ran a uniform patrol section in both Dunstable and Bedford. In 1996 I was offered a short term  posting to the community policing team and have been here ever since. In 2006 was promoted to Inspector, remaining in the communities & partnerships arena. I am currently the Local Policing (Community) inspector with responsibility for the whole of the Bedford Borough District Area.<br><br> As some of you know the seats at the Norse Road chapel can feel hard, so you may like to bring a small cushion. <b>Afterwards we will have our annual tea party, with refreshments, including home-made cakes and biscuits.</b><br> Members and non-members are welcome to both events. This event is free to all. Any donations are however always welcome.<br><br> <p><span id = "s3"><b>Sunday March 11th 2012.</b></span> <span id = "s2"><b> Foster Hill Road Chapel. AGM 2.15pm</b></span><br> <span id = "s2"><b> 3.00pm. Talk by Liz Carter  A Victorian Childhood  </b></span><br><br> This lively light-hearted talk will cover health, dress, work, education and play. The talk may be of interest to some younger people. If anyone has children who would like to come, they can always join us in time for refreshments and the talk and avoid the AGM.<br> Liz Carter is a professional genealogist with her own small research business (Backtracks) but is also an experienced lecturer in local, social & family history with the Workers Educational Association (WEA), the Bedford Retirement Education Centre and with the Institute of Continuing Education.<br> <b> Refreshments will be available after the AGM and before the talk.</b> As usual, there will be no charge for the talk or refreshments but donations are always welcome. The wooden pew seats in the chapel are hard, so you may like to bring a small cushion.<br><br> <p><span id = "s3"><b>Sunday May 27th 2012 and Tuesday May 29th 2012.</b></span><br> <span id = "s2"><b>Natural History Walks at Foster Hill Road.</b></span><br><br> <b>Meet at the Chapel.</b> Sunday s walk starts at 2.00pm and Tuesday s starts at 2.30pm.<br> As many of you will know, Brian (Andy) Anderson, has left the district to live in Norfolk. We are sad to see him go, as he had such an interest and knowledge of the Natural History of the Cemetery. His guided walks were always very popular. We are lucky enough to have a new guide, Jon Bishop, who normally works as a Park Ranger at Priory Marina. He knows the Cemetery well and I am sure he will be able to find lots of interest to show us Meet Jon at the chapel. We do ask you, if possible, to let us know that you would like to join a walk so we know the numbers likely to attend. It would be best if you phoned Margaret (01234 360003) on the preceding day (that is Saturday 26th for the 1st walk and Monday 28th for the 2nd walk)<br> <b>Free refreshments will be available after the walk.<br><br> <span id = "s3"><b>July 2012.</span> Proposed coach trip to Lichfield and the National Memorial Arboretum. More details soon.</b></p> </body>