{"id":4140,"date":"2024-12-14T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=4140"},"modified":"2026-02-18T00:19:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:19:03","slug":"sir-john-whittingdale-mp-switches-on-christmas-memory-tree-lights-at-heybridge-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=4140","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Memory Tree Lights at Heybridge Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 14th December, Sir John Whittingdale, MP for Maldon, was delighted to switch on the lights on the Christmas Memory Tree at Heybridge Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This had to be delayed a week due to poor weather at the beginning of the month. It has become a tradition which Sir John always enjoys as it provides an opportunity for local residents to place a star in memory of those they have lost as well as to celebrate Christmas together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again, it was organised by Friends of Heybridge Cemetery, Bryan and Brenda Harker, Miriam Lewis and David Denyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Heybridge-Cemetery-Christmas-Lights-14-December-2024-1024x863.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4141\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Switched on the Christmas Memory Tree lights at Heybridge Cemetery, supporting a community tradition honouring loved ones and bringing residents together during the festive season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4140"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5476,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4140\/revisions\/5476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}