This is a
sepia saturday post
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| from my Aunty Brenda's photo collection. an unknown stranger outside her door in Perth Scotland.... |
I told you two weeks ago that we were attending the funeral of Sue Trigg in Fixby.
What I havnt told you is that i missread the details of when the service was to be held ( despite me putting the Huddersfield Examiner's online Obituary on this blog!)
As a result ,we
did go to Fixby Crematorium.
We
did attend at 2pm on Friday
But, It turns out ,I got the week wrong and we attended on Friday 13th (not Friday 20th).
To compound the mistake ,we followed the mourners into the 2pm service.
Now I wasnt surprised not to recognise any of the fellow mourners.
I knew Sue from 50 years ago at School plus our various much more recent 1- to -1 meetings had been at Hebden Bridge Trades club.We know none of her family or none of her more recent friends.
So . Me & Cath are sat at the back of the room at Fixby Crematorium on Friday 13th.
The only speaker was a Polish Priest who talked for about 5 minutes...but his accent was soo thick that I only understood about 10% of anything he said.
Although,halfway through,he did say "JILL" which set a few alarm bell ringing........
No family members spoke.
So after a short service I went to the coffin ( no photo on it). Touched the coffin. Made
the sign of the cross and we followed the other mourners out the door and down a corridor.
I then shook hands with the priest, who was stood next to the framed photo of a beautiful elderly lady called (you guest it!)
JILL.
Me and Cath left blushing to avoid upsetting to our fellow mourners......
I had never been to Fixby Crem before,so at least it turned out to be a 'rehearsal ' for Sue's funeral today.Although ,are not all funerals "rehersals" really?
Sue's funeral was packed today.Very moving ,and a great tribute to such a grand lass.
Lots of music! As we entered the service we were greeted by Santana playing "
She's not there" playing full blast.
I couldnt help thinking that Sue ,sat in the sky,was looking down on me and taking the piss about my adventures the previous week !
During the service,the vicar asked the mourners to give Sue's coffin a round of applause ( a new one on me).
Her service concluded with John Martyn singing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow".
Now,the previous week i had taken this photo of a rainbow over the crematorium.Maybe this was the real purpose of my mistaken visit to Jill the previous week?
one Door Shuts: Another One Opens I Guess.......
Finally, my most recent photos......
See all these photos in one place
here
Me and Cathy went into Manchester's Literature Festival yesterday. We attended a talk by the mighty Canadian writer Anne Micheals.
Two media folk from London.
