Links with Arnos Vale

Arnos Vale works with many external organisations and groups who promote our ongoing growth and provide valued support to us and our visitors.  To find out more about these groups please click on the links below.

Funeral & Bereavement Services

The businesses listed below have worked with members of Arnos Vale Cemetery over many years.

	Thomas Davis Funeral Directors Established in 1840, it was first named as Bishop's Funeral Directors, who not only ran a funeral business but also a carriage and fly hire service. The Bishop family had adopted a child by the name of Thomas Davis. He was apprenticed and he took over the business in 1870. The firm's ledgers, which date back to 1846, show that the firm provided all the pomp of a Victorian funeral, with horses and mutes, and black ostrich feathers, right up to 1946, when they held the last old style horse-drawn funeral in the city.
	Co-op Funeral Care Whether you are arranging a funeral now, or planning for the future, we'll do everything we can to help you remember your loved one. We'll guide and support you through every stage of the arrangements thereby reassuring you that everything is in safe hands.
	L J Guyan Established in 1920, we are proud to have served many generations of the same families for more than 90 years.
	Institute for Civil Funerals (IOCF) When a loved one dies, it is always a very painful and distressing time. And, it is at this difficult time that family and close friends are often faced with dozens of decisions about the funeral. Should it be a burial or cremation? What are the legal requirements? Who should conduct the ceremony? All these questions are obviously important but, at a time when emotional stress is high, it's easy to forget perhaps the most important question of all - what kind of funeral do you really want?
	Centre for Death & Society The Centre for Death and Society (CDAS) is the UK's only centre devoted to the study and research of social aspects of death, dying and bereavement. Established in September 2005, CDAS is an interdisciplinary centre of regional, national and international importance. It provides a centre for the social study of death, dying and bereavement and acts as a catalyst and facilitator for research, education and training, policy development, media, and community awareness.
STONE MASONS
	Totterdown Stone Studio Totterdown Stone Studio was established in 2005 when Paul James acquired his first business premises.  With over 40 years experience in the monumental and stone trade you can always be guaranteed professional and friendly service and feel safe in the knowledge that, however big or small, all work is carried out to the highest standard.
	Bristol & West Memorials Memorial Masons, Bristol & West Memorials provide a personalised design service for Cremation Memorials in Bristol to ensure that individual lettered cremation plaques meet the specific requirements of our customers and are appropriate for Bristol cemeteries.

Bristol & West Memorials

Memorial Masons, Bristol & West Memorials provide a personalised design service for Cremation Memorials in Bristol to ensure that individual lettered cremation plaques meet the specific requirements of our customers and are appropriate for Bristol cemeteries.

What's On and Where

For Museums at Night 2011, hundreds of museums, galleries, libraries, archives and heritage sites will unlock their doors for special evening events over the weekend of May 13-15

Join us at Arnos Vale for an atmospheric dusk Guided Tour on Friday 13th! For more information or to book your tickets please see our events page.

Bristol Dinosaur Project

The Bristol Dinosaur Project aims to develop an interactive exhibit, displaying the dinosaur and the environment in which it lived. Running alongside the exhibition will be an education programme to encourage wider understanding of the evolution of the environment and the ecosystems through the 'Dinosaur Age'. As part of the educational aspect of the project, school children in Bristol will be encouraged to either visit the laboratory or to see the work involved in reconstructing Thecodontosaurus and its environment in their own school. 

Join us at Arnos Vale for the Dino Discovery Workshops - an event for the whole family to enjoy as well as our evening talk with Prof Mike Benton from Bristol Dinosaur Project about Samuel Stutchbury on 24th February.

International Women's Day

1911-2011 - 8th March is International Women's Day - in conjunction with this event Arnos Vale will be running two tours on Saturday 12th March - the first starting at 10:00am-11:30am and the second at 2:00pm-3:30pm to celebrate some Wonderful Women who lived in Bristol from Victorian times to mid 20th Century.  To book your tickets for the tours before they sell out click here.

The Titch Hikers' Guide is the handbook for parents and carers of children under 5 years old. It is packed full of local out and about ideas, whether for that special treat or for your daily routine. It also lists recommended clubs and groups for you and your little one, healthcare and other services, childcare, and so much more. All entries are real recommendations by parents, carers and children themselves.  If you have children and are wondering what to do for entertainment then visit their website for ideas.

General Links

Totterdown Residents Environmental and Social Action

If you live in this wonderful part of Bristol called Totterdown, then this is your website as well. Let us know about your events, issues and local stories. Get involved with our campaigns - we can only help Totterdown with your action too.

Bristol & Avon Family History Society

The Bristol & Avon Family History Society was formed in 1975 to encourage the study of family history and genealogy in Bristol and what was then the County of Avon. It aimed to provide contacts between members, both by regular meetings and through a quarterly journal and to assist one another with problems encountered during research work.

Brislington Community Partnership

Based in the southeast of Bristol, UK. We are made up of residents, interested individuals, members of community groups and representatives from business, schools, churches and statutory agencies such as Bristol City Council's Youth Services, Community Development and Housing, Health and Social Services). 

 Royal British Legion

The Royal British Legion safeguards the welfare, interests and memory of those who are serving or who have served in the Armed Forces. It is one of the UK's largest membership organisations and recognised as custodians of Remembrance. It runs the annual Poppy Appeal: not just for those who fought in the two World Wars, but also those involved in the many conflicts since 1945 and those still fighting today.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission 

Established by Royal Charter in 1917, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission pays tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars.

 Bristol Sketchers

Is a free sketching group who meet once a week in Bristol.  They go to a different location every week and spend a couple of hours sketching, after which they all go for a coffee and a chat. It's a great way to meet fellow minded artists and practice your sketching. They have members of all ages, abilities, backgrounds and styles, so no matter what level you're at and no matter what you like to draw, you're welcome to join.

Roughhouse Theatre Group

October saw two amazing performances of Shakespeares Measure for Measure and Two Gentlemen of Verona by this highly acclaimed theatre company! Their performances are outstanding and Arnos Vale hopes to have them back again for 2012.