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P. Loftus & Son - Independent Manchester Funeral Directors since 1887. We offer a dedicated, sympathetic and professional service.

We are a well established independent Family Funeral Director with over four generations of expertise. We are located in Chorlton, Manchester on Barlow Moor Road directly opposite Manchester Crematorium and Southern Cemetery we cover all surrounding areas. Our company has grown through establishing a high reputation with many personal recommendations. Philip Loftus, the founder of the company, entered the funeral profession in 1887 and since then his descendants have carried on the family business with his great grandson taking the tradition to the fourth generation. We believe that a funeral should be arranged to fulfil the needs and requirements of the families or individuals and therefore pride ourselves on the wide choice of services which we provide. The care taken in providing these services has helped us establish a highly trusted and personally recommended firm of funeral directors.

02/03/2026

Remember your loved ones this Mother’s Day.

From 02 March - 16 March we’ll be posting remembrance candles as a special token to those who can’t be with us this Mother’s Day.

If you would like to create a remembrance candle, please click the link below where you can choose a design and write a short message to a loved one.
Your candles will be posted to our page throughout the period.

https://gbnf.online/300201

25/02/2026

We’re pleased to announce the return of Light a Candle for this year!

You will soon be able to create online memorials to remember your loved ones this Mother’s Day.

We'll be sharing virtual candles on our page between 02 March - 16 March. Remember, there is no cost for you or your family to get involved and create an online memorial. Look out for updates...

10/01/2026

Funeral Notice on behalf of the family for the late Kevin Molloy.

Kevin’s Funeral Mass will take place on Tuesday 13th January 2026, at St Ann’s RC Church Stretford, at 12:30pm, prior to interment at Southern Cemetery Chorlton.

The mass will be live streamed on P.Loftus & Son page, beginning at 12.30pm

22/12/2025

As part of our latest Light a Candle campaign, we’ve shared virtual memorial candles to help honour loved ones around the Christmas period. Thank you to everyone who created a memorial candle.
Here are the remaining memorial candles that were submitted. Keep a look out for the next opportunity to Light a Candle.

21/12/2025

Thank you so much to everyone who has submitted a memorial candle so far.

Light a Candle will come to a close today (Sunday 21 December). Candles submitted before 5pm today will be shared on our page on Monday 22 of December.

https://gbnf.online/300201

19/12/2025

We’d like to thank everyone who’s created a virtual candle for their loved one so far.
If you’d like to submit a candle for a loved one, you can do so by clicking the link below.
https://gbnf.online/300201

17/12/2025

15/12/2025

As the year draws to a close, it’s common to think of the people who are special to us – especially those we've lost. That’s why we’ve chosen to take part in Light a Candle.

From 15 to 21 December we’ll be posting digital candles in memory of those who can’t be with us during the festive season. If you’d like to create a virtual candle, please click the following link where you can choose a design and write a short message to a loved one.

There's no cost for you or your family to get involved and create an online memorial.
We’ll share your candles on our page.
https://gbnf.online/300201

10/12/2025

We’re pleased to announce the return of Light a Candle this Christmas!

Taking part in this Christmas’s Light a Candle gives you the opportunity to create online memorials throughout the festive period.

Christmas is a special time to celebrate with family and friends, and our virtual candles are a thoughtful way to pay tribute to loved ones who are no longer with us.

We'll be sharing virtual candles on our page between 15 and 21 December. There's no cost for you or your family to get involved and create an online memorial.
We look forward to sharing your memorials from 15 December.

16/06/2025

Thank you to everyone who has created an online remembrance candle to help honour the memories of your loved ones this Father’s Day. Below, we have the final candles that were submitted.

Address

263 Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton
Manchester
M217GJ

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+441618619336

Website

http://www.loftusfunerals.co.uk/

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The Story of The Beginnings of P.Loftus & Son of Manchester, Family Funeral Directors

Well, it actually all began after the River Medlock in Manchester flooded! There’s a cemetery – Phillips Park Cemetery – which is now opposite Man City’s new football ground, and the river runs close by to it. My great-great-grandfather was a coffin maker for a firm of funeral directors at the time, and when the river flooded, the water disturbed the earth and the bodies in the graves rose up and were washed all along the river.

My grandfather volunteered to help with the removal of these bodies, and because many of them were Roman Catholic priests, they had to be re-interred in a Local Catholic cemetery after being collected. He stayed on to help with this part of the process as well, and got to thinking: ‘If I can move bodies from a river, I may as well give the whole business a go on my own!’

He opened up his shop, originally, in the Hulme area, Moss Side, which is a massive conurbation of houses, and the business remained there until the mid sixties until the regeneration of Manchester began. During the initial phase of the slum clearances, his shop location kept getting moved on from one place to another due to council compulsory purchases, so this caused him to eventually shut the business, meaning that, for a year or two thereafter, there was actually no existing P. Loftus & Son!