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Barry's News Page
Over the last few years, we have been honoured to care for soldiers that have lost their lives in conflict abroad. We have been to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo and The Falklands to mention a few places.
Just recently we undertook a Royal Ceremonial service for the ten servicemen killed when a Hercules crashed in Iraq. It was a great honour and a great responsibility. This all took place in the presence of HRH Princess Anne, members of the Government, other dignitaries and most importantly the families of the servicemen. It was a very moving service and as we left RAF Lyneham with ten matching hearses, courtesy of Dignity, the thousands of people that lined the streets of Lyneham paid a very moving tribute to those young men. Something I will always remember with pride and sadness.
We are looking forward to our new hand-made fleet of cars which should be joining us in early June - we will post pictures when available. I have been a little under the weather recently having suffered a bout of kidney stones - very unpleasant. But I'm on the mend and looking forward to the summer. At Christmas we were able to obtain the extra land to extend our Memorial Garden, which is now a beautiful addition to the existing one. We now have doves available for people to release on special occasions and we are just beginning to plan the Christmas Service for this year - More news when it is available. All the staff at Albins are as ever working hard to improve standards and facilities and level of service, of which we are proud. Kenny our mechanic, has had a number of large jobs to do to the limousines recently, with several heads blowing and each one in rota, coming up to service. They are in beautiful condition and I'm very proud of them. Our two horses Fred and George are in good spirits and can be seen trotting around Bermondsey from time to time with our lovely horse-drawn carriage. We have been working through the winter on a new board room which will be ready in April - something I've always wanted. As you may know, I am President of the World Association of Funeral Directors, FIAT/IFTA and I have been working on a number of projects recently - A Pass for the Dead, recognition from The World Health Organisation, new World memberships etc. We will be having a meeting in Barcelona in May which I shall be attending. I will also be attending a similar meeting in Chicago in October. That's all for now Best wishes
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