by Steven Horton | Nov 13, 2017 | Blogs
The Blue Coat Liverpool city centre’s oldest building celebrates its 300th birthday in 2017. The building that is now an arts centre was first opened as the Blue Coat School, a place where the town’s poorest children could be accommodated and learn to read...
by Steven Horton | Aug 8, 2017 | Blogs
It is twenty five years since a diary surfaced which was claimed to have been written by Liverpool cotton merchant James Maybrick confessing to be Jack the Ripper. Significant doubt was cast on the authenticity of the diary at the time. However researchers now say...
by Steven Horton | Jul 30, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
When it comes to adding images to memorials, a consideration that needs to be taken is whether to have them done by sandblasting or laser etching. There are pros and cons of each technique, usually dependent on the type of image you need and the material the headstone...
by Steven Horton | Jul 18, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
All Saints Church Childwall in Liverpool has one of the city’s oldest churchyards and contains the graves of some prominent people. They include some of the most notable Liverpool businessmen of the Victorian era, a famous Everton footballer, poet and the...
by Steven Horton | Jun 27, 2017 | Blogs
Graves containing mosaic memorials have been around for centuries. However, despite their durability, they are are not commonly seen in cemeteries. Some examples of the earliest mosaic memorials can be found at the Bardo museum in the Tunisian capital of Tunis, which...
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...
