In this section you’ll find thoughts and observations
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Dealing with Covid-19 deaths
Full story from: BBC South East https://twitter.com/bbcsoutheast/status/1352526923063304192?s=21
Temporary morgue set up in Aylesford
Temporary morgue in Aylesford Picture: Barry Goodwin Article by Kent Online 11 January 2021...
Creature Comfort
Click here to read the full story from the Kent Online By Liane Castle 08 April 2020 15:10 Jo Williamson, the owner...
Coronavirus Kent: Funeral directors say they are starting to feel the impact of Covid-19
Click here to read the full story from the Kent Online By Liane Castle 08 April 2020 15:10 Jo Williamson, the owner...
What if I kill someone at a funeral?’ Undertakers struggle to cope with coronavirus death toll and shortage of PPE
Click here to read the full story from independent By @mjcritchleyTuesday 21 April 2020 15:15 As with many frontline...
Honouring the Dead
https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews/videos/250567586143837/ Credit: NBC News Jo Williamson, owner and director of Albany...
Government urged to ban funerals during coronavirus outbreak as pressure mounts on undertakers
Click here to read the full story from the Telegraph.co.uk By Jaymi McCann 29 March 2020 • 11:21pm Funeral directors...
Watch our 2016 Balloon Release
Up until recent years, we held an annual Balloon Release event, attended by hundreds of families and friends who we...
Good Funeral Awards 2019
The AGFD Good Funeral Awards were held this year at Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve in Hythe, Kent, on 19 October –...
“I don’t know what to do with my wife’s ashes”
In another article from the helpful and honest Guardian serial, Adam Golightly (pseudonym), describes the challenge it...
What makes life worth living in the face of death?
n this powerful Ted talk, Dr. Lucy Kalanithi reflects on what makes life worth living and purpose, sharing the story...
Albany wall of remembrance
https://www.facebook.com/kentfunerals/videos/339691096601350/ Our wall of remembrance video – with music by Dominique....
Replace ‘shoulds’ with ‘wants’
We’re not offended when people ask us, ‘How can you do what you do? Isn’t it really sad?’ It’s true, we see a lot of...
Prince Harry isn’t wrong
We work closely with the team at local hospices not least because we are often serving the same families. When someone...
How do we speak to children about grief?
I am passionate that we help children through grief and speak to children about grief in the best way possible. Sadly,...
Finding life in a hospice
We work closely with the team at local hospices not least because we are often serving the same families. When someone...
Seasons
It’s a beautiful time of the year, as we see one season end and another one begins. Yesterday on a walk we took this...
Six Myths To Bust About Funerals – Part Six
Six Myths To Bust About Funerals – Part Five
Six Myths To Bust About Funerals – Part Four
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We regularly serve the whole of Kent and also more widely across the UK when requested.
Our branch in Great Chart, just outside of Ashford has also been open since January 2018. We have plenty of free parking. Please contact us on either number for information.
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Our Offices
Albany Funerals Maidstone
669 Loose Road,
Maidstone,
Kent ME15 9UX
01622 746 688
[email protected]
Albany Funerals Ashford
1, New Street Farm,
Chilmington Green Road,
Great Chart,
Ashford, TN23 3DL
01233 650 746
[email protected]
Opening Times
Offices are open 9am-5pm Monday to Friday
We are available to help 24/7


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