Bootle M.I. revisited

As I intimated before Christmas, last week I visited Bootle Cemetery in Liverpool to see the result of the work my sister and I had commissioned on the Memorial Stone which I inherited from my father, on which were the names of my paternal grandparents and their daughter, my aunt. There have now been added the names of my parents who are not buried there but who were both cremated at a place called Landican on the Wirral Peninsula, just south of the River Mersey. This extra wording is obvious from the photograph above which looks as if just the new wording has been gilded. In fact the whole stone is gilded but to my surprise the gilding on the upper part has deteriorated rapidly over recent months. If you are interested you can compare with the photograph I published on 15th April 2010.

The complete inscription now reads:

IN

Loving Memory of

MARGARET

beloved wife of

WILLIAM McILHAGGA

who died 19th May 1927

aged 59 years.

Also WILLIAM

beloved husband of the above

who died 18th January 1938

aged 71 years.

also MARGARET

dearly loved daughter of above

who died 31st December 1940

aged 43 years.

Also LINDSAY

son of the above

who died 16th February 1954

aged 60 years

and his wife OLIVE MILDRED

who died 13th March 1989

aged 91 years

both cremated at Landican.