Funeral
We went to my uncle’s funeral yesterday – it wasn’t until 11.00am which meant we were sort of killing time around the house until 10.30am not really knowing what to do with ourselves.
When we arrived we spotted lots of people waiting outside the crematorium and the welcome faces of some relatives so we were relieved we were in the right place. We waited for about 10 minutes and then a loan piper walked slowly in front of the hurse that was bringing the coffin, as you can imagine that was extremely moving. Then my aunt followed with my uncle’s brothers and sisters. The crematorium was packed and some people had to stand. The vicar was very modern and up-beat and he read out lots of interesting details about Reg’s life (some of which I hadn’t been aware of like his time spent as an childhood evacuee during the war when he spent 2 years living on a farm, or his stint in the army stationed in the Libyan desert). The British Legion played a big part in the ceremony by raising and lowering flags, salutes etc. It was all very moving.
Afterwards we went to the British Legion at Netley for a couple of hours and it was nice to see some family I hadn’t seen for many years (just sad it had to be on this sort of occasion).
We departed along with mum and dad and my brother and his daughter Amy at around 2.30pm and rather than come straight home we drove up to Netley Abbey and had a walk around there and then down to the sea-front to watch the ships come in. It seemed a sort of fitting end to the day really – watching little Amy jumping around enjoying herself – as one life ends another is growing up and enjoying life……………….
In the evening we settled down to watch ‘Broken Flowers’ with Bill Murray in it. I enjoyed it and it had some surreal moments in it and some black humour. However it had a very annoying ‘audience has to figure out what happened’ ending!
By the end of the day I was pooped and asleep before 9.00pm.
When we arrived we spotted lots of people waiting outside the crematorium and the welcome faces of some relatives so we were relieved we were in the right place. We waited for about 10 minutes and then a loan piper walked slowly in front of the hurse that was bringing the coffin, as you can imagine that was extremely moving. Then my aunt followed with my uncle’s brothers and sisters. The crematorium was packed and some people had to stand. The vicar was very modern and up-beat and he read out lots of interesting details about Reg’s life (some of which I hadn’t been aware of like his time spent as an childhood evacuee during the war when he spent 2 years living on a farm, or his stint in the army stationed in the Libyan desert). The British Legion played a big part in the ceremony by raising and lowering flags, salutes etc. It was all very moving.
Afterwards we went to the British Legion at Netley for a couple of hours and it was nice to see some family I hadn’t seen for many years (just sad it had to be on this sort of occasion).
We departed along with mum and dad and my brother and his daughter Amy at around 2.30pm and rather than come straight home we drove up to Netley Abbey and had a walk around there and then down to the sea-front to watch the ships come in. It seemed a sort of fitting end to the day really – watching little Amy jumping around enjoying herself – as one life ends another is growing up and enjoying life……………….
In the evening we settled down to watch ‘Broken Flowers’ with Bill Murray in it. I enjoyed it and it had some surreal moments in it and some black humour. However it had a very annoying ‘audience has to figure out what happened’ ending!
By the end of the day I was pooped and asleep before 9.00pm.
posted by Lover of Books, Films and Good Coffee Shops Everywhere! at
10:54 AM
2 Comments:
Well i thought it was fitting that we finished up watching the boats, seeing the tug boats that your Uncle used to work on...
Glad it was an okay day under the circumstances, Sue - huge hugs
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