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Friends of St Helens Cemetery

Miss Fair-Isle arrives

In 2019 we launched a fundraising appeal to buy a hand carved granite postbox to be installed in the cemetery. Miss Fair Isle is a unique...

St Helens Cemetery & Crematorium Open Day May 2019

The sun shone for the Open Day which was held indoors in the Crematorium Chapel with several outdoor displays in the cemetery grounds....

Christmas Tree Service of Remembrance 2018

This was our 8th Christmas Tree Service of Remembrance and we had a standing room only chapel in spite of the cold, wet December weather...

Christmas Wreath Making 2018

A great turnout again this year for our annual wreath making event with The St.Helens Rangers. Special thanks to Gaynor and Lesley who ke...

100 year Anniversary of Armistice Day 1918-2018

Poppies, wreaths and poppy crosses started to appear throughout the cemetery during October and November, this year is a special commemor...

Tommy

We requested from St.Helens Council that the cemetery be considered for a Royal British Legion 'Tommy' silhouette when they agreed to ...

Heritage Walking Tours 2018

Our first tour was in March, the sun shone and it was freezing cold! Our tour in August poured down for part of the tour but it didn'...

Bat Walk with The Rangers

What a great turnout on yet again another rainy night for the bat walk....8 weeks of wall to wall sunshine and on the day of the walk i...

Fathers Day Memorial Service - June 2018

The service was conducted by Celebrant Darren Anders and attended by many people on this Fathers Day Sunday afternoon in the Crematorium ...

Its spring time in the cemetery

Many people just visit the cemetery to enjoy the well kept gardens and areas of solitude and peace. Springtime is an special time at th...

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