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« Reply #15 on: July 31, 2019, 10:20:46 PM »
So Loony & I attended Si's funeral service at the Pod today.
No hyms, no sermons, no priest -just some lovely speeches by friends & family & a day of happy memories of a much loved man. Si was involved with the hotrod crowd, VW guys & the roller skating world, so there was a bizarre mix of mourners....no, not mourners. That's the wrong word. Friends.
After the words, we all "sticker bombed" his coffin -yes, there's a MMMotors one on there. Then the free rum bar & hog roast were enjoyed for a few hours until Si was loaded on the hearse again for a final journey down the drag strip, followed by his roller skating buddies. Yes, I took my skates, but didn't dare wear them. Loony did, took one step & promptly fell over, but that may have been beer related Smiley
Si's family are staying in a local hotel & will have a private cremation before his ashes are put into a specially commissioned "Tiki" head container.
If all funerals were like this I'd go more often Smiley
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« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2019, 10:21:15 PM »
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« Reply #17 on: July 31, 2019, 10:21:47 PM »
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« Reply #18 on: July 31, 2019, 10:22:16 PM »
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« Reply #19 on: July 31, 2019, 10:22:50 PM »
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« Reply #20 on: July 31, 2019, 10:23:31 PM »
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« Reply #21 on: July 31, 2019, 10:24:10 PM »
Grant Pinney, the funeral director, is a member of the A602s car club & brought his T bucket along. He also happened to be a close friend of Simon & had, bizarrely, once spent an evening leaning on an empty coffin, drinking tea with Si & discussing what sort of funeral he'd like.
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« Reply #22 on: July 31, 2019, 10:24:33 PM »
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« Reply #23 on: July 31, 2019, 10:27:08 PM »
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« Reply #24 on: July 31, 2019, 10:27:31 PM »
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« Reply #25 on: July 31, 2019, 10:27:57 PM »
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« Reply #26 on: July 31, 2019, 10:40:44 PM »
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« Reply #27 on: August 01, 2019, 06:16:13 AM »
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« Reply #28 on: August 03, 2019, 05:53:47 PM »
Si worked from the back of Miles Sherlock's "Jackhammer" hotrod supply shop in Farnborough, Hants.
Miles has had the horrible job of telling customers of Simon's death for the last couple of weeks. People are still arriving with stuff for him to pinstripe, unaware that he's gone. I had a couple of bits for my Pop awaiting his attention, so nipped over after work yesterday to retrieve them.
It was weird not seeing him there, mug of tea in one hand & paint brush in the other. Miles said it feels like he's just popped out to buy teabags & will be back any minute.
Miles collects car club T shirts from around the World & I noticed he now has Si's roller derby shirt hung behind the counter, complete with his derby nickname, "Brother Lee Shove".
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« Reply #29 on: August 14, 2019, 02:38:09 PM »
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