If you have chosen Able Engraving and Design Ltd. for your engraved brass plaques or nameplates, you can be sure that you have selected a quality, durable, and attractive piece. Continue reading
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Types of Memorial Plaques
The material used to make a memorial plaque should ideally be able to withstand weather elements. Additionally, it should be great for ornamentation and shaping purposes. We, at Able Engraving and Design, understand the devastation and grief that occurs when a person you love passes away.
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Ideas for Memorial Bench Engraving
Memorial benches are supposed to be handled with great respect. It is so because they stand as a symbol of a person who has died: it is meant to commemorate your departed loved ones. Continue reading
Why You Would Need Engraving
Take a moment to think about some of your most memorable gifts and presents over the years. The chances are high that you will immediately be drawn to those which were associated with a more personal touch. Perhaps you were even lucky enough to receive an award from the workplace. Continue reading
A Look at Famous Engraved Plaques
Plaques have long been used throughout history in memorialising and commemorating historical moments in time as well as extraordinary people. The following are some of the famous engraved plaques: Continue reading
What To Look For in a Memorial Plaque Engraver
Engraving plaques has been a way to celebrate an individual’s life for a very long time. Loved ones often use plaques to capture the personality and memory of their deceased relative or friend. Often you will see plaques on park benches, or next to trees which have been dedicated in the memory of a person. Continue reading
Winton Memorial’s Spelling Error
Elementary spelling error noticed on plaque in memorial gardens dedicated to Sir Nicholas Winton
The British Schindler: Sir Nicholas Winton, commemorated with his own memorial gardens in Oaken Grove Park, Furze Platt, Maidenhead. Image by Michal Kalasek, 2011 (via Shutterstock).
Before his death at the ripe old age of 106 in 2015, Sir Nicholas Winton was known as The British Schindler. Before the Second World War, he orchestrated the evacuation of 669 Jewish children from Czechoslovakia to London. Shortly after his death, his memory will be commemorated by a memorial gardens in Oaken Grove Park, Maidenhead. On the engraved plaque, there was a spelling error.
