We are an independent, third generation family Funeral Directors dedicated to serving the communities of Penrith, Appleby, Alston, the surrounding Eden Valley, along with Keswick and further afield in Cumbria with a professional, respectful and personal funeral service. We have been supporting the bereaved in our community for over 70 years.
Our role is to help you through a very difficult time, coping with the extreme emotions that bereavement brings, such as grief, bewilderment, indecision, etc. On a practical level, we take care of everything, from notices in the paper and flowers to the headstone, funeral arrangements, paperwork and correspondences.
Our role is to help you through a very difficult time, coping with the extreme emotions that bereavement brings, such as grief, bewilderment, indecision, etc. On a practical level, we take care of everything, from notices in the paper and flowers to the headstone, funeral arrangements, paperwork and correspondences.
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Here at Walker's, our family have been serving the community for over 70 years being established in 1945 by Reg and Dorothy Walker. They occupied premises at Corney Square, Penrith.
As well as being the only carriage masters in the area, they also had a thriving taxi business which included transporting many children to schools in Penrith (most of them never missed a day at school), delivering school meals from central kitchens to outlying schools, collecting fresh fish from the railway station and delivering to local large hotels, delivering cash to country banks, all now things very much in the past.
As well as being the only carriage masters in the area, they also had a thriving taxi business which included transporting many children to schools in Penrith (most of them never missed a day at school), delivering school meals from central kitchens to outlying schools, collecting fresh fish from the railway station and delivering to local large hotels, delivering cash to country banks, all now things very much in the past.
We are an established family run Funeral Directors who know and understand local customs and expectations, because we have served this community for over 70 years. We are proud to offer a service for the community we have been in for over 70 years. We take great pride in our funeral home and our vehicles.
Our office for the Appleby and upper Eden Valley area is located on Chapel Street, in Appleby. It is there to provide all the facilities that families would require from a modern day, fully equipped funeral directors. It has ample parking, is fully accessible to all abilities, provides a very tastefully and relaxing arrangement room, coffin display room and tastefull furnished private and tranquil rest chapel.
We are experienced and practiced in arranging funeral services for all religions and beliefs and aim to provide each family with a respectful and bespoke service. We are members of the Society of Allied Independent Funeral directors (SAIF) and actively promote and uphold their strict Code of Conduct.
If your partner dies at home you must call your doctor who will sign a medical certificate confirming death, unless he decides to refer the matter to the coroner (see Sudden death). If your partner dies in hospital the doctor on duty will issue the certificate.
This paper must be taken to the Registrar of Births and Deaths who will issue the death certificate and the notification of disposal (green form) which should be passed to the Funeral Director.If the death is sudden or unusual your doctor has to tell the police, they will report it to the coroner who may call for a post-mortem and may arrange for an inquest which is a public inquiry to find out the cause of death.
This paper must be taken to the Registrar of Births and Deaths who will issue the death certificate and the notification of disposal (green form) which should be passed to the Funeral Director.If the death is sudden or unusual your doctor has to tell the police, they will report it to the coroner who may call for a post-mortem and may arrange for an inquest which is a public inquiry to find out the cause of death.
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