Perry & Phillips Funeral Directors

21/02/2026

At the request of the family.

‘CHILDS.
Lawrence William
('Lol')
On February 8th 2026, Lawrence passed away peacefully at 'Innage Grange Care Home', Bridgnorth.
Lawrence Childs, of Aston Eyre, Nr. Bridgnorth, aged 90 years.
The beloved Husband of Margaret, the much loved Dad of Michael and Rob, Father in Law of Claire and Michael 's Partner Maria, the devoted Grandad of Chris and Wife Emily, Becky and husband Scott, Ottilie, Ossa and partner Stephen, and the proud Great-Grandad of Cameron, Cory, Charlie and Darcy. Much loved and greatly respected within the community, Lawrence will be sadly missed by his Family, by friends and neighbours, and by those dearest to him. Funeral service at The Parish Church of St. Gregory The Great, Morville, Nr. Bridgnorth (WV16 5NB) on Wednesday March 4th at 12.00 Noon, to be followed by private interment in The Churchyard.
Family flowers only by request please, but donations for 'Innage Grange Resident's Comfort's Fund' are being gratefully received, for which purpose a collection box will be provided at The Church, or online at www.perryandphillipsfuneral.com'

19/02/2026

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13/02/2026

At the request of the family, please find the funeral details for the late Mr Dennis Langford

'LANGFORD.
Peter Dennis.
On January 27th 2026, peacefully at 'Park House Nursing Home', Kinlet, Nr.
Bewdley, following a long illness patiently borne, Peter Langford, of Foster Road,
Bridgnorth, aged 79 years.
The beloved Husband and best friend of Brenda, the loving Father of Andrew and
Paul, Father in Law of Alison, the dear Granddad of Melissa and Mike, of Kirsty, and
of the late Carl, and the Great Granddad of Lauren and Lexi. Much loved and greatly
respected within the community, Peter will be sadly missed by his Family, by friends
and neighbours, by former colleagues at Bridgnorth Carpet Factory, by former
colleagues at Bridgnorth Post Office, by former firefighting colleagues at Bridgnorth
Fire Station, and by all those dearest to him.
Funeral service at The Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth, on
Wednesday February 25th at 1.30pm., to be followed by a private interment
ceremony.
A post-funeral reception will follow, to be hosted at 'Bridgnorth Town F.C.
Clubhouse' (WV16 4LA) and to which all Mourners are most warmly invited.
Mourning dress optional.
Family flowers only by request please, but donations, which are to be divided
between 'Hope House Children's Respite Hospice', 'Dementia U.K.' and 'The
Firefighters Charity', are being gratefully received, for which purpose a collection box
will be provided at The Church, or online at www.perryandphillipsfunerals.com'

13/02/2026

At the request of the family, please find the funeral details for the late James Goulden, of Highley.

'GOULDEN.
James Matthew.
On February 2nd 2026, tragically, James Goulden, aged 47 years.
Much loved and greatly respected within the community, James will be sadly missed by his Family, by friends, and by all those dearest to him.
Funeral service and interment at The Parish Church of St. Mary, Highley, on Saturday February 28th at 1.00pm.
A post-funeral reception will then follow, to be hosted at Highley Working Men's Club, to which all Mourners are most warmly invited.
Family flowers only by request please, but donations for 'MIND’ are being gratefully received, for which purpose a collection box will be provided at The Church, or online at www.perryandphillipsfunerals.com
All inquiries to Mr. J.C. Adams, Perry and Phillips Funeral Directors, telephone Highley (01746) 862225.'

Since 1835, we proudly provide exceptional bereavement care and funeral support in the Bridgnorth and Shropshire community. Trust us in your time of need.

04/02/2026

Authentic values matter.

26/01/2026

The family of the late Beth Johnston wish to share the following funeral details with the community.

'𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍.
𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞.
(‘𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐡’)

𝐎𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝟑𝟐 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.
𝐌𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐮𝐠𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫.

𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐲𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦, 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧 (𝐃𝐘𝟏𝟑 𝟖𝐃𝐄) 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝟏.𝟑𝟎𝐩𝐦.

𝐀 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 '𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐮𝐠𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛’ 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝.

𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 ‘𝐒𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐊’ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭’ 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦, 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬.𝐜𝐨𝐦

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐫. 𝐉.𝐂. 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬, 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 (𝟎𝟏𝟕𝟒𝟔) 𝟕𝟔𝟓𝟐𝟓𝟓.'

Since 1835, we proudly provide exceptional bereavement care and funeral support in the Bridgnorth and Shropshire community. Trust us in your time of need.

13/01/2026

𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭:

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: Tuesday 27th January:
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞: 3.00-4.30pm.
𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Darcy's, Bridgnorth.
𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝: Anyone!
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝: It is free.
𝐃𝐨 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤: Yes, please through enquiries@perryandphillipsfunerals.com

13/01/2026

Beautiful picture of the Rose Garden this weekend 🫧🥀

31/12/2025

Happy New Year from all of us at Perry & Phillips Funeral Directors.

As a new year approaches, we have taken a moment to reflect on the families we’ve supported, the trust placed in us, and the strength of the communities we are proud to serve across Bridgnorth and the surrounding areas of Shropshire.

From our family and dedicated team, thank you for allowing us to serve you.

Wishing the community a peaceful New Year 💙

24/12/2025

A moving and thoughtful poem by our good friend Christine Jolly - Lantern Civil Celebrant. Thank you for letting us share these special words:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐟𝐭
𝘽𝙮 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙅𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙮

Holly sprigs that have no berry
Trifle made without the sherry
Not so bright and not so merry
My Christmas without you

The mistletoe has lost its kiss
The royal speech is one to miss
This annus is horribilis
The turkey’s tough to chew.

The custard is too thick to pour
Noddy Holder’s throat sounds sore
The numbers on the calendar door
They end at twenty-two

A wise man’s missing from the stable
Midnight mass is off the table
I’d stop the clocks if I was able
Declare this Christmas blue

But underneath the Christmas tree
The one without the lights
I see a box addressed to me
No sender within sight

I pick it up, I lift the lid
And nestled quietly there
A heavy stone set on a golden chain
for me to wear

I wear it as I go to work
And in the grocery line
The woman down at Morrisons
She has one just like mine

There’s comfort in the weight of it
As leaden as my grieving
It gives shape to the unrelenting
sorrow of your leaving

Yet sometimes there are moments
when it seems, to my surprise,
the gift, it’s getting lighter
And I slowly realise

As winter’s dark gives way to spring
The days becoming longer
It’s not the stone that’s shed its weight
It’s me who’s getting stronger

So when the festive tunes appear
The mince pies in September
I hold my stone against my chest
And let myself remember

And though I wish with all my heart
I didn’t have to wear it
Those moments feeling close to you
They teach me how to bear it

I wear it with my paper hat
Around the Christmas table
I wear it as my shepherd child
Sings carols in the stable

I use your way to cook the roast
I groan at all the cracker jokes
I shed a tear and raise a toast
Here’s Christmas without you

19/12/2025

The boys are second at Christmas ⚽️🎄🎅

Congratulations to the Royale 👏 for being top.