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FAMILY-RUN BUSINESS • OVER 60 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE Park Viewing Events 24 th June & 9 th Sept Join us for our Cauldron Barn Farm Park Viewing Events Cauldron Barn Farm Park is a prestigious, quiet development of residential park homes for the 50+ on the Isle of Purbeck. Coastal landscapes, a close-knit community and comfortable living standards make this the perfect location. Cauldron Barn Road, Swanage, Dorset, BH19 1QQ Cauldron Barn Farm Park is a development of around 100 residential park homes. The park currently has 32 plots available for those looking for new beginnings in gorgeous rural surroundings. • Pets Considered • Nearby travel links • 15 minutes walk to Swanage Town Centre • Outstanding Dorset Views • 32 plots available • Short hop by chain ferry to Sandbanks For more information, call us on 01929 422080 or email the team at sales@berkeleyparks.co.uk A Warm Welcome to Glencairn House Glencairn House is a charming Victorian house in a beautiful setting, located in the historic town of Dorchester. Extensively renovated and refurbished and enjoying beautiful surroundings and views, overlooking the lawns and bandstand of the award-winning Borough Gardens. As a smaller care home with up to 23 residents, our team of experienced and compassionate carers provide highly personalised care in a professionally-run, well-equipped and family-oriented environment. " We are so, so grateful that we chose Glencairn. The staff are so kind and caring. They are not just the staff but friends, and my mother knows she's totally safe." Visitors are welcome! Please call us anytime to arrange a viewing on 01305 268399 www.glencairncare.co.uk 30 | www.minervamagazines.co.uk
ADVERTISING FEATURE Going strong Grassby & Sons 160 years of service to the community Grassby & Sons is a family-owned funeral director and memorial masons in Dorset. When founding father Benjamin Grassby moved to Dorchester in 1861 he could not have imagined the business would have been thriving six generations later – and still being run by family members. Benjamin was a renowned stone carver and with his family was responsible for a lot of masonry work during the 19th century in many Dorset churches during the Gothic revival as well as buildings such as the Corn Exchange, Dorset County Museum and Eldridge Pope Brewery. The family stonemasonry business continued down through the successive generations until Clinton Grassby, together with his brother Tony, opened Grassby Funeral Service in Princes Street, Dorchester in 1970. And how the business has developed since then. Peter Grassby and his brother David have been overseeing the funeral business for the last 40 years together with David’s son Nick who joined in 2017 after a law career. Peter, Nick and Andrew Fooks now care for local families at their time of need at their Dorchester branch and Peter’s son William is emulating his uncle Andrew Grassby and of course his great-great-great grandfather Benjamin in carrying on with the family’s stone carving skills at Grimstone, Dorset - albeit with the help of 21st century technology. During the last 40 years the funeral business has expanded with the family acquiring a number of other local funeral directors. These include Rose Funeral Service and Grassby & Stockting serving Weymouth & Portland and the family are proud to work with Sam Wilding, Melody Hopkins and Paul Buddin in these branches, who look after families in south Dorset with dedication and a strong identity with the area. North Dorset families are served by Colin J Close Funeral Service in Blandford and Grassby & Close in Sturminster Newton. The family have even crossed the border into Devon, acquiring Potburys Funeral Service of Sidmouth in the early 1990s and Hansfords of Seaton and Beer, together with Norton Memorial Masons of Axminster. Although all these branches primarily care for the funeral needs of their clients, they are all supported by the original stonemasonry side of the business set up 160 years ago by Benjamin Grassby. In recent years there have been interesting developments in the nature of funerals with a more personal style of service which celebrates a person’s life or indeed with families also able to have a less traditional funeral. An eco-friendly trend has also been evident in the funeral industry with the rise of green burial practices, biodegradable coffins and a growing sensitivity towards issues regarding waste, renewal and sustainability. Indeed, the company has recently purchased two hybrid hearses and a hybrid limousine. They hope Benjamin would be proud. Benjamin Grassby, founder of Grassby & Sons Clinton Grassby, founder of Grassby Funeral Service Main image: Current family members, Peter Grassby, William Grassby and Nick Grassby, working in the business. Grassby Funeral Service, 8 Princes Street, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1TW 01305 262338 (24 Hour Service) www.grassby-funeral.co.uk
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