by Steven Horton | May 10, 2016 | Blogs
Knowsley council in Merseyside have this week announced that they will be providing memorial packages themselves, something which arguably gives them a cost advantage as they do not have to charge VAT. They are not the only local authority to do this but before...
by Steven Horton | May 7, 2016 | Blogs
A memorial to commemorate engine workers from the Titanic was unveiled one hundred years ago on 8th May 1916 at the Princes Landing Stage in Liverpool (image by Elliot Brown). The Grade II listed structure had been commissioned in 1912, the year the Titanic sank, but...
by Steven Horton | May 5, 2016 | Blogs, Uncategorized
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...
by Steven Horton | May 1, 2016 | Blogs
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...
by Steven Horton | Apr 24, 2016 | Blogs
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...
by Steven Horton | Apr 7, 2016 | Blogs
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...
by Steven Horton | Apr 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by Steven Horton | Mar 16, 2016 | Blogs
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....
by Steven Horton | Mar 7, 2016 | Blogs
The oldest family run monumental masons in Liverpool. Sarsfield Memorials has spanned three generations and next year we look forward to celebrating seventy years in business. The company was founded in 1947 by James Sarsfield and the following decade he was joined by...
by Steven Horton | Mar 3, 2016 | Blogs
Mother’s Day is a time of year when you may be thinking of updating the headstone of your mum’s grave. It may be that you want to add an inscription or verse to an existing gravestone or get a new memorial, either replacing what is currently there or...
