by Steven Horton | Jul 13, 2016 | Blogs
Four hundred years ago burial in churches was reserved solely for those of a certain religious or noble stature. For the vast majority of those who died, the body was wrapped in a shroud and graves were marked with a simple structure such as a small wooden cross or...
by Steven Horton | May 7, 2016 | Blogs
A memorial to commemorate engine workers from the Titanic was unveiled one hundred years ago on 8th May 1916 at the Princes Landing Stage in Liverpool (image by Elliot Brown). The Grade II listed structure had been commissioned in 1912, the year the Titanic sank, but...
by Steven Horton | May 1, 2016 | Blogs
Merseyside commemorates seventy five years of the May Blitz this month, when the Luftwaffe pounded Liverpool, Birkenhead, wallasey and Bootle for seven successive nights. These weren’t the first bombs the area had endured during World War II. There were fifty raids...
by Steven Horton | Apr 7, 2016 | Blogs
Every April Chinese communities around the world mark Qingming, or ‘tomb sweeping’ festival, which takes place twice a year in Spring and Autumn. This is when the graves of relatives are visited, swept and tidied. Prayers are offered, as well as tea, wine and joss...
by Steven Horton | Dec 9, 2015 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Cremation may have been a method of disposing of dead bodies for thousands of years, but it has only available in Liverpool since the end of the 19th Century. It is also only in recent decades that dedicated plots in cemeteries for cremated remains have been...
