Sometimes a short phrase can catch your attention, it was the words  ‘Over 300 years of Quality Service ‘ that prompted me to pick up the phone to hopefully arrange an interview with Claire Austin –  Managing Director of Austin’s Family Funeral Directors

Q Claire it is amazing to be able to have the ability to trace such a long history of service to the community?

A Yes, it was originally established in Graveley in 1700 by W. Austin and Sons. They were local builders which was the custom in those times as it was the carpenters who actually made the coffins and labourers who dug the graves with other members of the workforce acting as pall bearers