Coquet Valley resident turns headstone cleaning hobby into business

A Coquet Valley resident set up a business after she had been cleaning headstones and restoring old photos as a hobby for over a year.
By Lauren Coulson
Published 14th Aug 2023, 12:52 BST
Updated 14th Aug 2023, 12:53 BST
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Lauren Stewart, a genealogist student with Oxbridge home learning, has a passion for family history and set up her business, Honouring Your History, to do in her spare time.

She said: “I’ve been researching my family tree since January 2021 and when seeing how dirty some old family headstones were, I decided to clean them. I then realised how much I enjoyed this and the satisfaction of seeing the lovely clean stone afterwards. It’s similar with photo restorations.

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Lauren did an A Level in photography so had a good knowledge of how to use photoshop.

Honouring Your History provides headstone maintenance and restores old photographs.Honouring Your History provides headstone maintenance and restores old photographs.
Honouring Your History provides headstone maintenance and restores old photographs.

“I’ve always had a huge interest in family/local history and my main focus in A Level photography was ‘Rothbury Past & Present’ where I would merge my own photos with historical photos of Rothbury & Upper Coquetdale,” she added.

Visit Lauren’s website for more information.

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