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Tragedy Highlights Memorial Safety Responsibility

The recent tragic death of a 4-year-old boy in a Lancashire Cemetery has again highlighted concerns regarding memorial safety. It cannot be overstated that ultimately, the responsibility for ensuring a memorial does not pose a danger to the public lies with the grave...

Liverpool City Council Cemeteries Price Increases

In a move that has surprised us at Sarsfield Memorials, Liverpool City Council Cemeteries Department informed us recently that they are increasing their prices by 5% as of 3rd February 2025. This is against the usual practice of any rises coming into effect in April,...

Happy New Year From Sarsfield Memorials

As another year draws to a close, Sarsfield Memorials would like to thank all our customers for their support and wish you all the best for 2025. We are now entering our 78th year of operations. Sarsfield Memorials was founded by James Sarsfield (left) in 1947 and is...

Chinese Memorials

As the home of Europe's oldest Chinatown, it is unsurprising that the city cemeteries contain many Chinese memorials. These memorials have some interesting characteristics compared to British headstones, as demonstrated by an order we recently completed in Allerton...

Memorial Safety is Owners’ Responsibility

Earlier this month there was uproar in Glasgow, where the local authority had placed warning labels on unsafe memorials in the city's cemeteries. In some cases, the labels covered the name of the deceased. Whatever the ethics of this, it is a stark reminder that the...

Pet memorials from Sarsfield Memorials Liverpool

Remember the happy days you spent with your animal companions with our exclusive pet memorials There is no doubt that animals hold a special place in our hearts. This is especially true of Liverpool folk. Did you know that the first ever animal charity in the world is...

Memorial to the Pals Battalions

A new memorial to the brave Liverpool men who formed the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Pals Battalions of the King’s (Liverpool) Regiment Before World War I, the British Army had relied on professional soldiers to fight for king and country. But from the outset, Lord...

Captain William Thomas Turner

A few weeks ago, we wrote about the sinking of RMS Lusitania, one of the worst casualties of WWI in which 1,198 people lost their lives. Captain William Thomas Turner was her commander when she sank, torpedoed by a German submarine. This was just one incident in a...

Remembering the Great War (1914 – 1918)

The Sinking of RMS Lusitania, a Disaster for Liverpool As we arrive at the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War (1914-1918), our blogs for the next few weeks focuses on some of the defining moments for Liverpool during those terrible years. With Liverpool’s...

Memorial of Sir William Mitchell Banks

Memorial to a surgeon who played a leading role in the foundation of the University of Liverpool Sir William was the son of a lawyer, born in 1842 and educated in Edinburgh. He showed great promise in his early career in medicine and later spent some time in Paraguay,...

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