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Quackula was delighted to discover yesterday that he can take a breather from all the training he has been doing and let his feathers down for a while with his friends. The Starr Radio duckrace has been postponed because high water levels in the River Skerne mean that it might not be safe to race this Sunday. Quackula ...

Quackula, Saint and Forster Funeral Directors’ entry in the Starr Radio Duck Race on 18th May, has undertaken a vigourous programme of excercise to make sure that he is in top form. Accompanied by his faithful compnion, Renfield, he is setting out to explore the world wide web in Saint and Forster’s unique Viking Ship (more on ...

We are all very excited here today, as Keith Munt, Co-Owner and Company Director of Saint and Forster Funeral Directors Ltd has been invited to become the new Vice President of the Society of Bereavement Practitioners by the Rev. George Callander, Co-Founder and President.

The SBP was set up to celebrate and promote outstanding practice in all fields of bereavement care. George is a ...

He’s not just a dog, he’s part of the family. All of us who are animal lovers have said this or something like it at some point in our lives (for me its cats but the sentiment is the same!) Its one of the sad facts of life that our closest animal companions have much shorter life spans than we do, which means that if you choose to open your home and your heart to an animal the chances are ...

Meet ‘Quackula’. Saint and Forster Funeral Directors’ entry in Star Radio’s charity Duck Race on 13th May. The Duck Race will be the central event of Star Radio’s Family Fun Day in South Park, Darlington on Sunday 13th May. You can sponser Quackula at Star Radio’s site, here. If he wins (and lets face it, he’s a ‘dead cert’ ) then his lucky sponser will win £10.000. So what are you waiting for! In the meantime, ...

Well, it’s been another exciting week for us here at Saint and Forster Funeral Directors Ltd. On Friday 23rd a couple of very dear friends of ours, Judith Pigeon and Brett Walwyn came to stay for the weekend. I first met Judith in about 2004 when I was doing my MA in Lampeter. Judith was also studying for an MA; in her case the late and very much lamented programme on Death and Immortality. We hit it off straight away ...

We are having one of those weeks where everything seems to happen at once! On Monday evening the fabulous Circus Starr were performing in Middlesborough so we just had to go along and take a look! Circus Starr is a fantastic venture. A travelling circus which gives free tickets to disabled and disadvantaged children and donates its profits to a local children’s hospice, in this case, Butterwick. Circus Starr is one of our favourite charities at Saint and Forster (not ...

Here at Saint and Forster we like to do things a little bit differently, and indeed to do things that are a little bit different. So it was that this Tuesday evening we had a company outing to the Durham City Jugglers. It was not quite as random as it might appear. Keith has been juggling for years and is keen to learn club juggling so that he can progress to knives (personally I can’t help feeling that this might ...

At Saint and Forster we appreciate that planning a funeral is a very difficult time. In the current ecconomic climate we also appreciate that money is often one of the main concerns for those who find themselves in the position of having to arrange a funeral for a loved one. Many families are now ringing a number of different funeral homes to compare prices before making a decision. This can also be a stressful and difficult process and it is ...