by Sarsfield Blog | Jun 30, 2014 | Blogs
A Tale of Romance and Tragedy: A Popular Actress and her RAF husband Mary Lawson was a highly popular and sought-after stage and screen actress in the 1920s and 30s. From working class roots from County Durham, she made her first appearance singing for wounded...
by Sarsfield Blog | Jun 23, 2014 | Blogs
Memorial to a well-travelled man who lost his life in the Titanic disaster Alfred G Rowe was born in Peru, one of John James and Agnes Rowe’s seven children. His father was a successful merchant involved in trading and shipping between Liverpool and Chile. Alfred was...
by Sarsfield Blog | May 27, 2014 | Blogs
1852 – 1932, Widnes Scientist, Industrialist and Public Figure Sir Henry Wade Deacon was a son of Henry Deacon, a major industrialist and one of the first entrepreneurs to establish chemical works in Widnes. Henry Deacon counted Michael Faraday, one of the most...
by Sarsfield Blog | May 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
English Sculptor born in Liverpool The legacy of George Herbert Tyson Smith can be seen throughout the Liverpool and Merseyside area. Born in Liverpool in 1883, he was first apprenticed to a stonemason, then studied at Liverpool University and the Liverpool College of...
by Sarsfield Blog | May 13, 2014 | Blogs
If you’ve ever passed the former Church of St Andrew (now student accommodation) in Rodney Street, Liverpool, you may have seen the unusual pyramid-shaped memorial in the grounds. It’s commonly thought that monuments of this shape were chosen by people to prevent the...
