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Bedford Cemetery Exhibition Honors Notable Burials
19 Sep
Summary
- An exhibition celebrates notable individuals buried in the 171-year-old cemetery.
- New boards feature figures like a brewery founder and a Polish Resistance member.
- The exhibition marks the completion of phase one at the Foster Hill Road Cemetery visitor centre.
Foster Hill Road Cemetery in Bedford is celebrating its notable interments with a new exhibition. Eleven informative boards have been installed in the visitor centre, which is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays. This exhibition honors individuals buried at the 171-year-old site, including Charles Wells, founder of the local brewery, and Danuta Gruszczynska-Alasinska, a member of the Polish Resistance during World War Two.
The Friends of Bedford Cemetery, who run the visitor centre located in the former Chapel, have completed phase one of its development. Volunteer Adrian Bean noted the exhibition makes fascinating information readily accessible, presenting it to a professional standard akin to a museum display. The project was funded by the Gale Family Trust, BAALHS, and the Friends of Bedford Cemetery.
Other notable figures interred at Foster Hill Road Cemetery include members of the Panacea Society, an aunt and cousin of World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing, and 33 Highland Division soldiers who were billeted in Bedford in 1914. The exhibition is open from 10:00 to 16:00 BST on Saturdays, with a History of the Cemetery walk scheduled for 14:00 on Sundays.
