tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post2515063946573134833..comments2024-03-28T11:38:04.168+00:00Comments on My Quiet Life in Suffolk: The Funeral................Sue in Suffolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-28211634910998067142019-06-13T18:34:24.055+01:002019-06-13T18:34:24.055+01:00When I was a child I used to play in a huge ruined...When I was a child I used to play in a huge ruined abbey grounds....the church was still there and used for weddings. We would go to play over there and there were always about 4 women who went every week just to sit at the back of the church to watch the wedding...each to their own I guess.mazda502001https://www.blogger.com/profile/15129109544191734447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-37463283374469321012017-07-25T17:05:37.746+01:002017-07-25T17:05:37.746+01:00Just been catching up with your posts. I'm ple...Just been catching up with your posts. I'm pleased that the funeral went as well as these occasions can go. <br />It sounds as though you have been super busy again with lots of things getting done.<br />Lovely to see the slide being used!<br />Lisa xLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05286339918056081955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-68557654286216352512017-07-23T19:55:59.874+01:002017-07-23T19:55:59.874+01:00Every funeral should have two fat ladies at itEvery funeral should have two fat ladies at itJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-59220624161855689602017-07-23T13:04:09.522+01:002017-07-23T13:04:09.522+01:00He passed away peacefully on the 5th and I mention...He passed away peacefully on the 5th and I mentioned it in my post of the 10thSue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-59731142253777796382017-07-23T13:03:03.397+01:002017-07-23T13:03:03.397+01:00Thank you,I wrote about it briefly on the 10th of ...Thank you,I wrote about it briefly on the 10th of JulySue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-73529989037719160552017-07-23T06:57:22.691+01:002017-07-23T06:57:22.691+01:00Maybe they were angels....Maybe they were angels....Phil Poggeauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10528068263542083696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-77088899225662874182017-07-22T23:45:20.915+01:002017-07-22T23:45:20.915+01:00In our village in France EVERYBODY goes to a local...In our village in France EVERYBODY goes to a local funeral, and it can take ages as we all file past the coffin and immediate family. There is never a wake however - we scandalised our neighbours by having a little drink or two after my dear mother's funeral!Vintage Maisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00929038050028476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-30703108443448130772017-07-22T23:18:05.981+01:002017-07-22T23:18:05.981+01:00Good to hear that the funeral went as well as fune...Good to hear that the funeral went as well as funerals can go-x-Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10528336306775217982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-33206696555125829502017-07-22T21:45:24.241+01:002017-07-22T21:45:24.241+01:00I'm glad the funeral service went well. If the...I'm glad the funeral service went well. If the person attended church I always think the services are more personal as the vicar/chaplain really knew them.<br /><br />Somebody knocked on my Aunty's door after my Uncle died. It was my Uncle's cousin who they'd not seen for over 50 years. Maybe they were distant relatives? xxEveryday life at Number 38https://www.blogger.com/profile/12945846951398052455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-9520333855256902202017-07-22T20:25:04.564+01:002017-07-22T20:25:04.564+01:00Sorry for your loss. Pleased the funeral went wit...Sorry for your loss. Pleased the funeral went without any hitches, I say that because my late uncles hearse had a puncture and it limped into the quite late crematorium. We all looked at each and said ' That is so Uncle Pat' always late! Cakes look lovely. Living Alone in Your 60'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848266282669835475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-28184840212470422962017-07-22T20:17:49.073+01:002017-07-22T20:17:49.073+01:00We have an older lady in our wedding wedding photo...We have an older lady in our wedding wedding photos who nobody knows. It is spooky and funny at the same time. Was she real or an apparition? Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00267703049258030590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-83337136519495632712017-07-22T20:11:23.789+01:002017-07-22T20:11:23.789+01:00No they weren't local or we would have known t...No they weren't local or we would have known them.Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-66118742587933824922017-07-22T19:22:44.245+01:002017-07-22T19:22:44.245+01:00Sorry for your loss of dad. Interesting how most o...Sorry for your loss of dad. Interesting how most of us don't like to go to funerals, which are now called memorials here in the USA. But we go anyway as a respect to the family and give them support. Oh the cupcakes look delicious. We were at a wedding yesterday where there were many served. Of course I had a chocolate one! Interesting to find out who those ladies were but I'm sure it was all good. Professional mourners or someone who knew dad years ago but they didn't tell you ...oh well? Angel unaware? Happy weekend!Grandmabeckyl.blogspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362600588981799211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-22862142809986768662017-07-22T19:06:16.170+01:002017-07-22T19:06:16.170+01:00Now you have me wondering about those ladies, but ...Now you have me wondering about those ladies, but it is better than dwelling on those cakes.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-50615177240891546782017-07-22T17:39:43.469+01:002017-07-22T17:39:43.469+01:00So sorry to hear that Col has just lost his Dad. ...So sorry to hear that Col has just lost his Dad. <br /><br />The two ladies at the back of the chapel would have intrigued me, I would have had to ask how they knew Col's Dad.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-67148677734745223032017-07-22T17:18:36.742+01:002017-07-22T17:18:36.742+01:00Very comforting "Dad's last journey from ...Very comforting "Dad's last journey from his house to Cotton Methodist Chapel, something he had done thousands of times" "the parish churchyard for the burial next to his wife and Col's lovely late mum" - a traditional funeral.<br /><br />Perhaps the two ladies were from the Methodist Chapel congregation.SandyExpathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06279377160838411203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-78770245421685360052017-07-22T15:49:10.104+01:002017-07-22T15:49:10.104+01:00That sounds like Col's dad had a lovely send o...That sounds like Col's dad had a lovely send off. I sure he would have approved (and enjoyed those cakes too). Perhaps the ladies were childhood friends? Or just after a feast!Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-13848342908303051402017-07-22T15:43:37.018+01:002017-07-22T15:43:37.018+01:00Didn't realise you had had a loss in your fami...Didn't realise you had had a loss in your family, so sorry. Lovely cakes!Dchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02490191919855219024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-89177487871102184742017-07-22T15:23:12.641+01:002017-07-22T15:23:12.641+01:00So sorry for your loss. At least it sounds as if h...So sorry for your loss. At least it sounds as if he had a send off he would like, and that's important.<br />Ah! the mystery of the two ladies! Well, so many faces I didn't recognise at my own Dad's funeral, I'm glad they introduced themselves. Sometimes news travels faster than we realise, and old, maybe long forgotten friends turn up. <br />We had a professional funeral attendee here, and trust me, he'd have ensured you didn't have half those cakes to take home.Rustic Pumpkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335714529878600216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-52650120634242025112017-07-22T14:51:22.497+01:002017-07-22T14:51:22.497+01:00In rural Norfolk funerals are treated as something...In rural Norfolk funerals are treated as something all locals go to whether or not they knew the deceased personally, but just"knew of them. I think there are also those who go to funerals to get at the food afterwards too, but they are something different.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-16996317467708833792017-07-22T14:37:31.623+01:002017-07-22T14:37:31.623+01:00My mother in law was one of the volunteers at her ...My mother in law was one of the volunteers at her Catholic church where a group of ladies provided a choice of two levels of post funeral meals. She told me there were several locals who came to every single funeral (and meal!) and it was because "they liked to see how the family was coping!". JanFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-49482306279626236342017-07-22T14:10:08.042+01:002017-07-22T14:10:08.042+01:00Pleased to hear everything went as well as can be ...Pleased to hear everything went as well as can be expected for a funeral.<br />The two large ladies sitting at the back have me intrigued. <br />I'm choosing to think that Col's dad had a secret life and the two ladies were a part of that! Colhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191036562913935116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-41763862976655018572017-07-22T14:05:35.978+01:002017-07-22T14:05:35.978+01:00Perhaps they were people he had come across in lif...Perhaps they were people he had come across in life somehow. I hope they weren't just gawkers, though I can't imagine going to a funeral just for fun. Perhaps they knew him a long time ago.<br /><br />Lovely - they look really yummySharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03039174572211086359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-15010816804096297072017-07-22T11:41:05.104+01:002017-07-22T11:41:05.104+01:00People do that you know...... I was chatting to a...People do that you know...... I was chatting to a lady when I used to work, she said I'm off to a funeral now, I said Oh dear, as you do. She said oh I don't know him I just like going to funerals...... Strange people around.........<br /><br />Julie xxxKC'sCourt!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16768777808237333266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4787951981229151015.post-70185075314956215022017-07-22T11:27:21.426+01:002017-07-22T11:27:21.426+01:00Sorry for your loss I missed the post about this s...Sorry for your loss I missed the post about this so apologies, it is surprising who turns up at funerals often faces we have never seen. Those cakes do look scrumptious.Simple Livinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00884864661226371141noreply@blogger.com