F H Halliday and Son are proud to be a family-owned independent funeral directors.
25/06/2025
CONGRATULATIONS!
Well done to everyone who took part in the Leap of Faith last Saturday, a charity abseil organised by Portishead Church of England to support Christian Aid's Middle East Crisis Appeal and Clevedon District Foodbank.
We are very proud of our team members Di and Harvey who took part and raised more than £550 between them for these good causes.
And if you'd like to donate, it's not too late, you can donate via the link below.👇
A huge well done to everyone who helped make it such a spectacular day, the energy, creativity, and community spirit were truly something special!
We were honoured to be involved this year by sponsoring St Peter's Church of England Primary School float, themed around The Greatest Showman, and what a show it was! The students and staff pulled off a dazzling display full of colour, music, and joy. 🌟🎭🎪
Here are a few snapshots we captured from today’s fantastic festivities…
🎠🎊📸
07/06/2025
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our new hearse.
19/05/2025
It’s always a privilege to be invited into Ashton gate. We recently helped celebrate a life of a devoted supporter of Bristol City FC, who was so closely connected to this cherished place.
08/05/2025
🇬🇧 Today, we honour VE Day, a day to remember the bravery, sacrifice, and enduring spirit of those who gave so much for our freedom. At F H Halliday, we pause to reflect and give thanks.
Lest we forget. 🌺
20/04/2025
As we celebrate new life this Easter, may we find comfort in the memories we hold and the love that surrounds us.
Happy Easter🌷💛 🐣
04/04/2025
The sunshine continues, as the warm weather is going to linger for next few days. We hope everyone can enjoy the weekend. 🌞
25/02/2025
All at F H Halliday & Son would like to thank everyone who attended our memorial event in December and donated to our chosen charity of 2024 which was the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity🎄
As a result we were delighted to recently visit the GWAAC airbase to present a cheque to the charity for £1,025.36. 🚁
We would also like to pass on thanks from GWAAC - Dan Hanley-Shearing their supporter engagement coordinator, said: “A huge thank you to everyone who played a part in raising this money for GWAAC, enabling us to continue to provide critical care to those across the Portishead community and beyond.”.”
To find out more about GWAAC visit www.gwaac.com
15/02/2025
This week, we celebrate a special moment at Hallidays, as Harvey conducts his first funeral. A proud milestone in our family’s legacy, making him the fifth generation to carry out this role in the 145 years of history. We couldn’t be more proud of him! Also a little throwback picture of Glyn’s first funeral.
24/01/2025
A lovely setting today at Clevedon Hall.
Nice to see the sunshine as well. 🌞
13/01/2025
We found some more old photos when looking through the archives. Have a look at some of the cars that Hallidays have used over the years. Does anyone know what happened to the red car and the bus stop?
29/12/2024
As we come to the end of 2024 and we head into Hallidays 145th year we thought we’d look back at some standout moments this year.
Most importantly we saw James, one of our Funeral directors officially join the family as we celebrated his wedding with Jade earlier in the year.
We also said goodbye to our ambulance. As a family at Hallidays, we decided that we would donate our old ambulance to Ukraine, assisting with helping families deal with the war against Russia. We have since been updated, that it’s been helping delivery temporary building and roofing supplies, giving families a place to live who have been affected by the current situation. A massive thank you to everyone that donated medical supplies which filled the ambulance.
Finally we would like to thank our amazing team/family. Without them we couldn’t exist. We are so greatful for every single person who is apart of our team and what they do to help our community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
We look forward to seeing everyone in the new year. ❤️
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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.
