On Sunday 1 December the Friends of Prescot Cemetery & Churchyard once again host the Christmas Tree of Remembrance service in the cemetery. Please join us at 1pm for a time of Christmas carols, a blessing by the Reverend John…
The Friends of Prescot Cemetery & Churchyard would like to thank everyone who attended this year’s Christmas Tree of Remembrance. Once again we enjoyed some seasonal carols, and the Vicar of Prescot blessed the tree before the Mayor of Prescot,…
The Friends of Prescot Cemetery & Churchyard were delighted to be named Community Group of the Year by Prescot Town Council. Pictured below are members of the group receiving their award, along with a cheque for £200, from the new …
We were pleased once again to host our annual Christmas Tree of Remembrance ceremony amid flurries of snow on Sunday 10 December. A crowd of several dozen joined the Vicar of Prescot, the Mayor of Prescot and our volunteers to…
Having just commemorated the 100th anniversary of Prescot War Memorial, the Friends of Prescot Cemetery & Churchyard are delighted to confirm that the statue was in fact the first to be erected in the UK. The discovery comes via the…
The Friends of Prescot Cemetery & Churchyard invite you to attend a service to mark the 100th anniversary of the unveiling of the Prescot War Memorial, together with a commemoration of the Battle of the Somme. The ceremony takes place at 11am…
(Photo: Christopher Lyon Photography) It has been and will continue to be a season of remembering for the Friends of Prescot Cemetery & Churchyard. In November, we were pleased to unveil our tribute to Prescot’s soldiers, past and present –…
The December weather was awful, but the wind and rain held off for long enough that we were able to enjoy our Christmas Tree of Remembrance ceremony on Sunday 14 December 2014. After singing carols, hearing from the Mayor and…