L.D & A. Tideswell

07/10/2025

This week’s Buxton Advertiser will feature a lovely article recognising the incredible dedication Alan and Sally Tideswell — and their family — have shown to their community over more than four decades.

Their care, compassion, and dedication have defined Tideswell’s Funeral Directors since 1981. It’s an honour for the Jepson family to carry forward the legacy Alan and Sally have built, as they take a well-earned step back to enjoy time with their family

You can read the full story here:

https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/business/chapel-en-le-frith-funeral-directors-tideswells-stepping-down-after-43-years-5344577

A true reflection of the passion and service behind a family business that has meant so much to so many.

Alan and Sally Tideswell of Tideswell’s Funeral Directors are looking to the future and have handed the business over so they can get some well earned family time away from the constant phone calls and call outs.

06/10/2025

Please be reassured Tideswells is going no where, and will continue serving the people of chapel and surrounding areas and beyond as we have done for many years. We are now going through a transitioning period with the Jepson family who will be keeping the Tideswell name going along with the dignity, professionalism, care, and love we have always based Tideswells Funeral Services (L.D & A.Tideswell) on.
It's not goodbye just yet.
Sally and Alan xx

01/10/2025

We have been absolutely overwhelmed by the kindness, support, and comments on our recent announcement. Nearly 300 likes and over 130 comments — far more than we could ever have imagined. We want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has taken the time to write, share memories, and wish us well.

Although we haven’t been able to reply to the messages, please know that we have read many of them and are deeply touched by your words. Your support has meant the world to us.

We’d also like to reassure everyone that this is very much a transition period. We are still here, still working alongside our dedicated team, and very much involved in caring for local families during this period.

In the coming weeks, we look forward to introducing you properly to the Jepson family, who share the same values and traditions that have always been at the heart of our service.

Thank you again for your warmth and kindness — it has reminded us just how special this community is.

With love

Alan & Sally

30/09/2025

A Message from Alan and Sally

After many wonderful years serving our community as L.D. & A. Tideswell Funeral Directors, we wanted to share some important news with you.

It has always been our priority to ensure that the families we care for are looked after with compassion, dignity, and respect. With this in mind, we have taken the decision to sell the funeral home to the Jepson family — a 5th generation family business we have known and trusted for many years.

What mattered most to us was that L.D. & A. Tideswell remained in family hands, with people who understand the values on which this funeral home was built. We are pleased to share that the staff you know and trust will remain, and the funeral home will continue as L.D. & A. Tideswell, now supported by the Jepson family.

Last weekend we managed to get away to Ireland — the first time in 21 years that we didn’t have the phones. It made us realise that it’s now time to look after ourselves, to enjoy holidays again, and to spend more time together. We do so with peace of mind, knowing that the legacy of the business we have built and loved for all these years is in very safe hands.

There will be a period of transition, so it’s not goodbye just yet. We look forward to introducing you to the Jepson family and working alongside them as the next chapter begins.

We would like to thank you all for the support and trust you have given us over the years. We are confident the Jepson family will continue the same tradition of care that has always been at the heart of our service.

With warmth,

Alan & Sally

26/09/2025

RIP Lois Wood
With Family Permission
Lois passed away on the 8th of September 2025, aged 93 years.
Her funeral service will take place on Wednesday the 1st of October 2025, 2pm at Flash Church.
All Welcome.

10/09/2025

With Family Permission
RIP Roy Belfield.
Passed away on the 13th of August 2025 aged 88 years. His funeral will take place on this Friday the 12th of September at Macclesfield Crematorium, 10.45am.
The wake will be held after the service at The Old Pack Horse from 12noon.
All Welcome.

24/08/2025

“Pooh sat very still beneath the stars, with tears gently rolling down his cheeks. He whispered to the night, hoping the stars might carry his words to where they needed to go. ‘I miss you,’ he said softly, his little voice trembling, ‘more than honey, more than anything in all the Hundred Acre Wood.’ And as he gazed at the brightest star above, he wondered if perhaps those we love never truly go away, but instead shine down from the sky, so that when we look up, we can feel them close. The night was quiet, except for the sound of his own heart remembering. ‘It hurts,’ Pooh thought, ‘but maybe that’s because love is so very big, and my heart is only so very small.’ And though the ache stayed, so did a gentle warmth, as if the star itself was whispering back: love doesn’t end, it only changes shape. Pooh wiped his eyes, folded his paws together, and promised that no matter how far away someone seemed, he would keep them close in every thought, in every star, and in every beat of his very small but very brave heart.” — Winnie the Pooh

25/06/2025

Shout out to all fellow businesses in Chapel.
As you know Chapel is celebrating 800 years as from today, a big ask I know, but can all businesses please decorate their premises or windows if possible with a celebration theme for the next 2 weeks.
There will be a cash prize of £100 to the best dressed business. Judging will be done in 2 weeks time after the 800th celebrations finish.
Message 07710043310 to enter
Come on Chapel you can do this!!!!

25/06/2025

No one tells you what happens after the tidal wave.

In the beginning, grief is loud. It crashes into you with no warning, taking your breath, your footing, your sense of safety. You can’t eat. You can’t sleep. You can’t believe this is real. The pain is so consuming, you wonder how the world around you keeps moving like nothing happened.

But then—slowly, cruelly—it does. The calls taper off. The texts become fewer. Life around you picks up again… just not yours. You’re left standing in the wreckage, trying to figure out how to live in a world that feels unfamiliar and wrong.

This is the part no one prepares you for.

Because grief doesn’t disappear when the casseroles stop coming or when the funeral flowers wilt. It doesn’t follow a timeline, and it certainly doesn’t care what anyone else thinks you should feel by now. It just… settles in. Quieter. Heavier. Always there.

You start to notice it in small moments. A song on the radio that makes your chest tighten. A familiar scent that stops you cold in the grocery store. An empty chair at dinner that still feels impossible to look at.

Grief becomes less of a storm and more of a shadow. It moves with you. Some days, you almost forget it’s there. Other days, it takes the wheel completely, and you’re back in the thick of it—sobbing in the car, staring out the window, wondering how this is your life now.

The hardest part? The world expects you to be “okay.” But how do you explain that you’re not broken—you’re just forever changed?

Grief doesn’t go away. It evolves. The sharp pain dulls. The raw wound scars over. But it never disappears. It becomes part of you—woven into your story, your laughter, your quiet moments. And strangely, it starts to feel… sacred. Because underneath it all, that pain is love. Real, lasting, life-altering love. And that love deserves space.

So if you’re still riding the waves—some days steady, some days drowning—please know this: you’re not failing. You’re not weak. You’re just human. And this? This is what love looks like when it doesn’t have a place to go.

There’s no finish line in grief. No “getting back to normal.” There’s only forward, one breath at a time. And in that forward, there is space for laughter again. For lightness. For joy.

Not because you’ve moved on.

But because your love is still here. And somehow, so are you.

23/06/2025

RIP Margaret Wood
“Nurse Wood”

Margeret Wood, née Hartle, passed away peacefully at Watford House Care Home, New Mills, on 17 June 2025.

Born in Bagshaw, near Chapel-en-le-Frith on 1 March 1932, she was educated at New Mills Grammar School, before training as a State Registered Nurse at Manchester Royal Infirmary, and then completing midwifery training in Sheffield and Derby.

Margaret met her husband, Richard Michael Wood, in Manchester and they were married in 1955. Margaret and Richard lived initially with his parents at Bradshaw Fields Farm in Chinley, before moving to New Mills in April 1956.

Widowed in 2013, Margaret leaves two sons and two daughters-in-law – Richard and Patricia, and Stephen and Deborah – four grandchildren, Gary, Joe, Hannah and Kathryn, and a great-granddaughter, Ada Margaret. She was looking forward to welcoming another great-granddaughter in November.

In 1955, Margaret was the first District Nurse in New Mills, initially conducting her rounds on a bicycle until she got her first car in 1957, and continued in this role until her retirement in 1992. After her retirement, she enjoyed her passion for knitting, including baby clothes for her knitting stall at St George’s Church fêtes. She continued helping others, as a volunteer at New Mills Heritage and Information Centre, and New Mills Volunteer Centre, where she supported the Stroke Club.

Margaret’s Funeral will take place at St George’s Church, New Mills, at 12.30pm on Friday, 4 July 2025, conducted by Fr Owain Mitchell. Donations in lieu of flowers, if desired, to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and North West Air Ambulance.

20/06/2025

RIP Walter Higginbottom
Copied from a family post with permission

It is with great sadness I share the news that following a serious collision, my Dad, Walter, passed away on the 30th of May.
His funeral will be held on Thursday the 26th of June at Macclesfield Crematorium, 11.30am. All are welcome to attend.

On behalf of myself (Paul) and the family, we would like to thank all the emergency services, the air ambulance service and the staff at Sheffield Northern General for their care and efforts, that afforded us the chance to give him a peaceful goodbye.

15/06/2025

Thinking of all Dads/Fathers, Step Dads/Fathers, Grandads, Great Grandads, Great Great Grandads, that have gone before us, on this Fathers Day.