At 3.30 pm on Saturday 12th July 1930 at St. Michael’s Church, Tenterden, Thomas William Fuggle directed his first funeral for the late Sally Couchman, who had died 2 days earlier aged 60 years.

Today his great-grandsons, brothers Crispin and Simon Fuggle, are still independent and directing funerals, based at the same premises in Tenterden.