by Steven Horton | Jan 31, 2022 | Blogs
This year Sarsfield Memorials commemorates 75 years of providing memorials to our customers in the Merseyside area. We will be marking this milestone with a number of offers throughout the year and also sponsorship of events. Offers and events will be announced in the...
by Steven Horton | Oct 13, 2021 | Blogs
Despite life in the UK being almost back to normal thanks to the success of the vaccine rollout, the ability of monumental masons to supply memorials in cemeteries remains limited. This is due to ongoing disruptions in the supply chain that have been caused by Covid...
by Steven Horton | Sep 9, 2021 | Blogs
Muslim memorials in Britain’s cemeteries tend not to be over elaborate. If there is a stone marker at all, it is usually of a plain ogee type and sometimes will come with kerbset and slab over the grave space. In Liverpool’s Allerton cemetery, a dedicated Muslim...
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 | Jan 31, 2018 | Blogs, Uncategorized
The number of people choosing to be cremated when they die is increasing in the United Kingdom, with the current figure being 75% compared to 34% in 1960. Along with this though, there a trend for ashes to be interred in cemeteries rather than scattered. More...
by Steven Horton | Dec 21, 2017 | Blogs
Amongst the graves at St James’ Cemetery, overlooked by Liverpool Cathedral, is a victim of the sinking of the SS Ellan Vannin, which went down during a storm in 1909. Fifteen year old Ernest Allen was returning to Liverpool from the Isle of Man with his mother....
