Medway Funeral Directors Strood

23/11/2023

It’s really very fortunate that Harry was there to keep everything going so nicely. Well done Harry. Don’t you worry. I’ll have words with him later!

23/11/2023

Really. Where is Colin?

23/11/2023

21/11/2023

We had our annual Memorial Service last week. The Vicar at All Saints Church Frindsbury lead the service. Our newest trainee was there, thankfully, because Colin is completely absent according to the photos! Still Harry is such a nice young man I’m sure that nobody missed Colin.

23/10/2023

The very lovely Colin has been given some very tasty looking thank you gifts. There really good news about this is that Colin is on holiday at the moment! 😂 Who would like the flowers 😂 Everything else seems to have gone already.

12/09/2023

A local family has promised a ride in a RR and this vintage RR fitted the requirements perfectly. What a great of lady!

20/09/2022

Eddie has recently completed the Memory walk. He took his owner Gary along to drive him there, but he was very excited to be doing his bit to help. He managed to drag Gary around in a reasonable time but Gary isn’t sharing that info! Well done Eddie.

09/07/2022

See. It’s best not to upset Dave, the company handyman. He and Ted are hard at work keeping the garages looking smart and tidy. He has got Gary on his knees painting with a toothbrush! Just because he made a joke about Dave having missed a bit “over there”. He is such a hard task master that Dave.

Don’t you worry though. That Ted is really digging a tunnel to escape! He will be out by Christmas I reckon. 😂

03/07/2022

We have a work experience person (Walderslade Girls School) with us for a while, at our office in Walderslade. Really great to see young people coming into our industry and being calm and professional about what they will see and do while they are with us. To be honest I think she (sorry Sydney) should be more scared of the men she is working with! Just look at them. Enough to scare even the most sensible person! And that dog! It (sorry Boo) gets in every picture because he thinks he owns the place. It’s all Emma’s fault really because she thinks she owns the place too. Back to work you lot. Not you Sydney, you can have a nice cup of tea! If you need help finding a work placement, we are happy to help. It could be working in the office on the admin side, or in the garage with the vehicles (10 vehicles in the fleet from diesel ambulances to petrol hybrid limousine and hearse) for those interested in a motor mechanic work. Or in the workshop watching to finish the coffins for someone interested in fabrics and materials and we are always interested in learn too!

23/06/2022

When the trailer was towed behind the Bobtailed Range Rover. Everything fell into place and what a fantastic tribute this family arranged for this chap. (Obviously I can’t say his name. You may know him but we can’t put that detail here) Now his family would be the first to say, this isn’t for everyone. But, there is a “something” for everyone. Everyone has a life to celebrate for one reason or another. Yes it’s the most difficult thing to do. And you have to think it out and then do it, in the middle of grieving for the person you love. This family really took the decision to get it right. Yes they were in an awful state having lost this guy from their family in his 50’s. Yes they will always ask those questions “why” “what if this or that” “could anyone have done something” “did the doctor…” Endless questions in the grieving process. But they will look back and remember a fitting tribute on the day. They won’t look back and say “I wish we had got the Range Rover out”

22/06/2022

So the next thing to solve was how to transport this guy in a respectful but at the same time, appropriate way for him. So this trailer was pressed into service as a coffin bier. (Old funeral word for coffin transport and pronounced beer). It looked really great when it was towed by his own Bobtailed Range Rover.