by Steven Horton | Apr 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
At Easter cemetery visits often take place for the first time of the year by people going to their loved ones graves. As a Spring holiday, it can be the perfect opportunity to visit the cemetery or churchyard to tend to the graves which have been neglected during...
by Steven Horton | Apr 7, 2017 | Blogs
The Grand National steeplechase was first run at Aintree in 1839 and except for the war years and the void race of 1993, has taken place there ever since. The first winner of the Grand National was Lottery, ridden by Jem Mason. He was unable to repeat the success the...
by Steven Horton | Mar 28, 2017 | Blogs
Everton are the older of Merseyside’s two professional football clubs, so it is not surprising there are a number of graves of former players and managers in local cemeteries. However there are also plenty of others buried in cemeteries and churchyards both in...
by Steven Horton | Mar 21, 2017 | Blogs
Liverpool City Council announced on 15th March 2017 that within a year there will be no more room for Muslim burials in the city’s cemeteries. As such, a new section in Allerton Cemetery is to be developed specifically for those of the Islamic faith. Once the...
by Steven Horton | Mar 15, 2017 | Blogs
Over the past year, the Liverpool FC Graves Society has been formed and is trying to locate as many graves of former Liverpool FC players and managers as possible. The whereabouts of many was already known but a number of others have been uncovered. Many of those are...
