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F H Halliday and Son are proud to be a family-owned independent funeral directors.

05/03/2026

We are very pleased and proud to present our newly finished chapel! It's been a long and well thought out process but we are excited to share what we've been working on.

Our chapel is a dedicated space where families can come and pay their respects to a loved one or just a space that offers a moment of peace if needed.

18/02/2026

A few photos of the boys out on a service recently, with a rare slight bit of sunshine ☀️

25/12/2025

Wishing you a calm and meaningful Christmas from all of us at Hallidays! 🎄

22/12/2025

If you're passing be sure to have a look at this years Christmas tree!🎄

11/12/2025

Pink ties on today for the men, a small detail to reflect the theme of today’s funeral. 🩷

10/12/2025

Thank you to the North Somerset Times for sharing our latest community engagement story!

FH Halliday and Son donates Christmas chocolate treats to Portishead foodbank, supporting families amid rising costs and spreading festive community…

24/11/2025

We’re thrilled to be supporting the Portishead Christmas lights this year! Massive thanks to the whole team and every volunteer for all their amazing preparations.

We look forward to the big switch on tonight! 🎄🎅🏼

09/11/2025

Coming together to remember those who served, those who sacrificed, and those who protect our freedom. Well done everyone today who took part in the remembrance parade. Lest we forget. ❤️

07/11/2025

We recently had the honour of caring for someone who dedicated so much of their life to keeping history alive. Their passion for War re-enactment brought stories, heritage, and community to so many. Below are a few photos kindly shared by the family of the service.

06/11/2025

Congratulations to Harvey at F H Halliday & Son Ltd. for winning the 2025 Amateur Championship in the Caterham 310R Championships. Out of the 20 races the 23-year-old competed in during the year, he achieved a whopping 18 podiums - 11 first places and seven second.
You can read all about this and much more in this month's Enjoy Portishead - out now - have you got your free copy yet?
Available in all the usual outlets - local High Street shops, Sainsbuiry's Waitrose, Parish Wharf Leisure Centre, library, salons clinics and many other local meeting places.

10/10/2025

The photo below was kindly dropped in to our office by a visitor. We’re not certain of its story, but we’d love to learn more, does anyone recognise it or know the history?

We know that Hallidays used to be carpenters in the 1800s before we became funeral directors.

19/08/2025

We recently had the honour of being joined by this beautiful vintage fire engine, which carried a much-loved retired firefighter to his final resting place. 🚒❤️ It was a touching tribute to a life dedicated to service and bravery.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came together to make this possible.

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High Street
Bristol
BS206PT

Website

https://www.fhhalliday.co.uk/

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F.H Halliday & Son our Heritage.

F. H. Halliday and Son are proud to be a family-owned independent funeral directors.

We have a history of serving our community by helping families to arrange funerals in Portishead and the surrounding area since 1880.

At F. H. Halliday we hold traditional values, whilst realising the importance of choice and have a modern view about funeral services. We offer a truly personal bespoke service and help to families at such a difficult time, aiming to make the arranging of a funeral as stress free and easy as possible, taking care of all the arrangements in accordance with your wishes.

F.H. Halliday are managed by owners Glyn and Helen Lawrence who, along with their team are available for any help or advice that may be required, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

In the 1800’s the Halliday family were carpenters, general house maintenance, painters and decorators employing 8 people based at our current address on the High Street in Portishead. One day someone came into the woodworking shop and asked if it was possible to make a coffin, it was from that time that Frederick Halliday established the business as a funeral directors.

Records show that from 1880 F H Halliday and Son started carrying out full funeral services, providing horse drawn hearses and horse drawn mourning coaches, along with all the other provisions that you would expect from a funeral director. We still hold records written in long hand on every funeral, dating back to 1880, these are held in archives which are regularly used to look up past funeral arrangements.

Frederick Halliday passed the business to his son William (Bill) and in the late 1950’s his nephew Edward (Eddie) Lawrence came to join him along with his wife Kitty Lawrence. Eddie worked in the carpentry workshop and Kitty ran the office and decorating business.

Eddie’s son Glyn, joined the company after leaving school at the age of 17 and also joined Eddie working in the carpentry workshop, learning all aspects of the trade from decorating to carpentry to bearing, then to becoming the funeral director.

In 1966 Bill Halliday retired and a limited company was then formed, owned by the Lawrence family.