David Parry Memorial

Our thanks go to everyone who contributed to the David Parry Memorial, and we are delighted to say that the work has been completed as can be seen below. The old privet hedge has been taken out and replaced with a beautiful Photinia hedge. Our thanks go to the volunteer gardeners at Christ Church and the incredible Graham Paddon for all their work on creating this lovely area.

David was the first chair of the John Trotter Trust and oversaw the purchase and development of the Open Door Centre. He always wanted the Open Door Centre to be a welcoming and well-presented venue and took great pleasure in assisting in every aspect of the volunteer work.

He was always keen to develop the small, grassy area next to the war memorial so that it would be in keeping with the lovely flower beds beside the church. Sadly, he was taken from us just over a year ago and so was unable to see this vision fulfilled.

That’s why we’ve chose this particular project to serve as a memorial to him.