by Steven Horton | Aug 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Around three quarters of funerals in the United Kingdom nowadays involve a cremation rather than burial. This compares to just a third sixty years ago. However, along with this move towards cremation, there is also an increasing trend for families to inter their loved...
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...
