<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style>
</head>
<body dir="ltr">
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof">
Happy new year everyone!</div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof">
Our first working party of the year is tomorrow morning (Monday 19th) - 10am at the cemetery gates. We will be doing the usual variety of winter tasks, so all help very much welcome. </div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof">
In other news, I was invited to a Friends group meeting on Zoom earlier this month, where the council team spoke to us about the new cemeteries management plans, and we discussed the possibility of a group trip to see Queensferry Vennel cemetery. I asked about
our wall repairs, and was told we are next on the list after the team have finished work at East Preston Street - so good news, but having seen the state of the collapsed wall there, it might not be any time soon.</div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof">
Finally, I hope we can organise a small event in February to mark the re-erection of two headstones (Caw and Hornblow), with help from the Old Edinburgh Club. If you have any suggestions, please let me know!</div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof">
Ellen-Raissa</div>
</body>
</html>