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,...
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...
