As well as being St. Valentine's Day (predictably the duck was not broke!) yesterday was the occasion for a family funeral. The Hawick contingent was out in full force. Without a crematorium, all Borderers who are not to be buried, are transported to Edinburgh for cremation.
It was a truly Presbyterian event...'Guide me, O thou Great Jehovah', 'Will Your Anchor Hold' and 'Praise my Soul'. Afterwards, the widow said although an event caused by tragedy, most funerals were enjoyable...because you get to catch up with lots of folk you've not seen for a while. I think she is right.
After the very douce tea and sandwiches the Maginnis/Scammell tribe adjourned to the Voodoo Bar where an amount and variety of cocktails were consumed and the lives of Jim and David and Joyce were celebrated and remembered. A very fitting tribute, I think, to 3 great people whose anchors held steadfast and sure through long, full lives.
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