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One Piece Foundations
One-piece foundations mean that all of the memorial and kerbset sit on a reinforced concrete foundation, making it easier to re-align it if there is any movement in the ground. If you are having kerbsets fitted we would always advise you to have them fixed on a one...
Memorials of the May Blitz
Merseyside commemorates seventy five years of the May Blitz this month, when the Luftwaffe pounded Liverpool, Birkenhead, wallasey and Bootle for seven successive nights. These weren’t the first bombs the area had endured during World War II. There were fifty raids...
Memorial Payment Plans
When you have suffered a bereavement and already had to pay funeral expenses, finding the extra money for a headstone can be difficult. This can be even more of a problem if the death had been unforeseen, as a result of a sudden accident for example. Even taking into...
The Qingming Festival
Every April Chinese communities around the world mark Qingming, or ‘tomb sweeping’ festival, which takes place twice a year in Spring and Autumn. This is when the graves of relatives are visited, swept and tidied. Prayers are offered, as well as tea, wine and joss...
Commemorative Base Memorial Plaques
You may often notice in cemeteries that there are areas of plain grass on which small plaques are sporadically situated. These are the parts of the cemetery where the public graves are situated, in which people have been buried at the local authority’s expense with...
Your Memorial – From Enquiry to Installation
If you choose Sarsfield Memorials for your loved one’s headstone you can be rest assured that you will be involved from beginning to end. We will take you through every step of the process to ensure we meet what you tell us your needs are, not what we think they are....