by Steven Horton | Jun 14, 2017 | Blogs
Wednesday 14th June 2017 marked one hundred years to the day since William Ratcliffe carried out an act of bravery for which he received the Victoria Cross. To mark the centenary a commemorative stone was unveiled at the Church of Our Lady & St Nicholas in...
by Steven Horton | Jun 8, 2017 | Blogs
In April 2017 a was launched to raise awareness of the role played by Chinese workers during the First World War. The eighteen month project aims to leave a lasting legacy of remembrance for an estimated 100,000 Chinese Labour Corps who assisted British forces on the...
by Steven Horton | May 21, 2017 | Blogs
Billy Scott, who kept goal for Everton when they won the FA Cup for the first time in 1906, has recently had his grave rededicated in Anfield Cemetery. Born in Belfast in 1882, Billy won the Irish League and Irish Cup with Linfield before joining Everton in 1904. An...
by Steven Horton | May 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
One of Liverpool’s most famous addresses is 251 Menlove Avenue, the childhood home of John Lennon. The boulevard on which he grew up was developed in the 1920s and named after a local councillor who had died the previous decade and was buried in Holy Trinity...
by Steven Horton | Apr 29, 2017 | Blogs
Over the years there are believed to have been nine Jewish cemeteries in Liverpool. Currently only two are open to new burials and of the others, some are in a poor state and others no longer there at all. The Liverpool Jewish Archives are held by the Liverpool Record...
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...
