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Not so long ago, when a loved one died, their family would most probably be living in the same town and it would be convenient for them...

As members of the Lions Club of Crowborough, Stephen and Glenys were up early on Sunday 24 November to help marshal the annual...

There has been much in the media recently about direct cremation (or direct to cremator) which appear to have grown in popularity over...

We are absolutely delighted to be sponsoring a forthcoming concert by Crowborough Choral Society on Saturday 23 November at All Saints...

We are delighted to be supporting the 1st Crowborough Scouts Christmas Card Delivery scheme once again this year. If you've got Christmas...

Hot on the heels of winning ‘Micro Business of the Year’ at the ACES East Sussex Business Awards 2019, Tester & Jones is celebrating its...

Here at Tester & Jones, we offer our families a wide range of mementos by which to remember a loved one – such as jewellery made from...

Tester & Jones Funeral Services triumphed at the East Sussex Business Awards 2019, winning the ‘Micro Business of the Year’ award and...

We are delighted to announce that Tester & Jones is a finalist in the East Sussex Business Awards 2019! As a firm, we are celebrating our...

The Bereavement Group established by Crowborough’s independent funeral director, Tester & Jones, celebrated its tenth anniversary with an...

The majority of us will, at some point, have attended a funeral service in the main crematorium chapel in Tunbridge Wells. But, did you...

We meet Andrew Vickers, an integral part of our team here at Tester & Jones and a familiar face to anyone who’s attended Beacon Academy...

A fashion show is being held by Travelling Trends in aid of Crowborough Lions at Crowborough Rugby Football Club on Saturday 21 September...

People working in the funeral business deal with death every day – but that doesn’t mean that we become immune to it. We all have coping...

Jo Walsh joined Tester & Jones in September 2015. She was initially employed as the firm’s bookkeeper/payroll clerk/management...

Watch ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ or any family history programme and the chances are some of the filming will take place in a cemetery,...

Nowadays it is likely that families ask for donations to a chosen charity, rather than funeral flowers. Sometimes this is because they’d...

Many of us have friends and relations who live abroad and, for them, travelling home for a funeral service isn’t always possible....

Members of the Tester & Jones Bereavement Support Group heard an interesting talk recently from two members of the team from Hospice in...

Stephen and Glenys were very proud to be asked to attend the monthly meeting of the Crowborough branch of The Royal British Legion...