by Steven Horton | Feb 6, 2017 | Blogs
At the beginning of February 2017 it was confirmed that a Singapore based hotel developer was purchasing Municipal Buildings, Liverpool City Council’s administrative headquarters since the 1860s. The buildings were the last major works of Borough Surveyor John...
by Steven Horton | Jan 30, 2017 | Blogs
Book shaped headstones are a popular choice of memorial for those who may want something that differs from the conventional rectangular design. The book can signify a number of things. It may be a document of the deceased’s life, listing their date of birth and...
by Steven Horton | Jan 26, 2017 | Blogs
The site of the former Ogdens tobacco factory in Everton is currently being converted into over one hundred homes. Only the listed clock tower, which will be converted into apartments, survives of a factory that employed over two thousand at its peak. Ogdens was...
by Steven Horton | Jan 10, 2017 | Blogs
Over the Christmas period a story appeared in the national newspapers concerning Liverpool born actress Kim Cattrall’s name appearing on a family headstone in a churchyard in the city. Other family members were not happy about it and the situation demonstrates how...
by Steven Horton | Dec 24, 2016 | Blogs
Christmas is a time when people may make an extra effort to visit the graves of loved ones. There is probably no place more so than Finland, where Christmas cemetery visits take on huge significance. It is tradition in Finland that everybody tries to get home for...
