by Steven Horton | Jul 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
At Sarsfield Memorials headstone refurbishment – bringing worn memorials back to how they looked originally – is just as rewarding for us and our customers as providing new ones. Headstones are made from resilient durable materials. When they look like...
by Steven Horton | Jul 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
There are Commonwealth War Graves Commission graves from the First World War located in all six of Liverpool’s local authority cemeteries. However due to its proximity hospitals and the fact that Liverpool was a major port for the embarkation of troops during...
by Steven Horton | Jun 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last month Ursula Sarsfield was meeting a customer in Vauxhall in North Liverpool. She was astonished to be introduced to the clients neighbour who told Ursula she remembered her grandfather James, a monumental mason who founded Sarsfield Memorials in 1947. The lady...
by Steven Horton | Jun 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Some of the grandest monuments in some of Liverpool’s cemeteries for example are Celtic Cross memorials of the 19th Century. One is in Toxteth Park Cemetery marking the grave of shipping merchant Samuel Graves, Liverpool’s Mayor in 1861 and later...
by Steven Horton | May 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
Ogee headstones are amongst the most popular designs for memorials today due their size, low maintenance and easy customisation. Falling well within the size guidelines that many cemeteries now implement ogee headstones are made of polished black granite. This...
by Steven Horton | Apr 26, 2018 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Unsafe memorials can cause serious injury or even death if they topple over. Many wrongly assume that in such incidences the local authority is responsible, but in reality it is actually the grave owner who has to accept liability. Two months ago Liverpool city...
by Steven Horton | Mar 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
Sir Ken Dodd, the last of the great British music hall comedians, has been laid to rest in the family grave at Liverpool’s Allerton Cemetery. Dodd was born in Thomas Lane, Knotty Ash in 1927. The son of a coal merchant, he attended the Holt School (now Childwall...
by Steven Horton | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
St Margaret’s School in Liverpool, or St Margaret’s Church of England Academy to give it its correct title nowadays, has been in existence for 139 years. One of its major benefactors was Gertrude Langton, the daughter of a leading Liverpool financier...
by Steven Horton | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Granite headstones are an ideal material when choosing a memorial for your loved one. They are low cost compared to many other materials and available in various finishings and the strength of granite means it is a very durable and natural material. The word granite...
by Steven Horton | Feb 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
The churchyard of St John’s Church Knotty Ash contains a number of notable graves. It is said to have more former mayors of Liverpool buried there than any other church in the city. The church opened in 1836 but by 1890 the graveyard was full. A local resident,...
