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Choosing a Material For Your Headstone
Headstones today come in a variety of materials and when choosing what to use for your loved one’s memorial a number of factors need to be taken into account. Granite is a popular choice of material due to it being such a hard material, it is available in a wide range...
War Graves of Wallasey
Rake Lane cemetery in Wallasey is the scene of many war graves, the most recent of which was unveiled in January 2016 when an army medic had a headstone erected by the Commonwealth and War Graves Commission (CWGC). The CWGC had previously identified 255 casualties of...
Children’s Memorials and Ornamentation
Should you be in the tragic situation of losing a child, there is now some comfort in that cemeteries are a lot more flexible in the type of memorials and ornamentation that are allowed on children's graves. Gone are the rigid rules of days gone by when the only...
Choosing an Inscription For Your Memorial
Choosing an inscription for your loved one’s headstone is a difficult and emotional task that you will want to get right. Summing up their life and your feelings in just a few short sentences is not easy, but there are some simple steps to follow that can assist with...
Cremation in Liverpool
Cremation may have been a method of disposing of dead bodies for thousands of years, but it has only available in Liverpool since the end of the 19th Century. It is also only in recent decades that dedicated plots in cemeteries for cremated remains have been...
Beatles Graves in Liverpool
A new statue of The Beatles at the Liverpool waterfront has been unveiled to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the last time the band played in the city on 5th December 1965. Neither John Lennon or George Harrison have grave markers anywhere, their ashes having been...