7daysinaweek Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 18 minutes ago, Gordon R said: My father in law was one of eleven children in Liverpool. By marriage, I am related to a sizeable chunk of the Liverpool population. At one wedding, one of them said half the door staff in Liverpool were relatives. Been to many weddings, but also quite a few funerals. At the majority, You'll never walk alone, by Gerry and the Pacemakers was played. Almost guaranteed to bring a tear to any eye. Although I was never a fan of Gerry Marsden in his heyday, I saw him a few times in later years. Excellent live act, albeit the Pacemakers - Freddy Marsden, Les Chadwick and Les Maguire were long gone from the group. Gordon, this is very true. Back in the day, Liverpool had several families that would be related in some way. A few friends and I were once invited to a house party by the Liverpool boxer John Conteh, he used to frequent our rural pub occassionaly, and was very sociable. At the party which was huge, there were extensive families all related in some close or distant lineage. The party lasted about 3 days, that was back in the early eighties. (Another story for another time) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 46 minutes ago, 7daysinaweek said: Most of my mates and half of my family have been cremated at Thornton, and I seem to have spent a lifetime there. It may be the place that I go to for my 'very last warm'. I am hoping that I have been a good boy, and after being put in the toaster that I am not sent to a 'warmer place'. Westley, long may your pipework warm the earthly journey. Thank you for that. My parents ashes are there too. I was at Southport crem last year, at a shooting man's cremation. During a quiet part of the service, the sound of pinks going overhead outside, could be heard. That raised several smiles among the congregation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted February 23 Author Report Share Posted February 23 12 hours ago, Minky said: Not just about the music, it's also about where you want to be put. The wifes Mother and Father were cremated and she also wants to be cremated. So I asked her where she wants her ashes to go. She replied that she wanted them to be scattered on a warm beach somewhere. But since then she has had a change of mind and she wants some scattered on a local beach around a bench seat that we have sat on looking out to sea when we have been out walking the dogs. Then some of the ashes to be put into a hole drilled into my headstone. Me, I can't bear the thought of being burnt to nothing. I have burnt myself either welding or on machinery and know what its like. I hope to be planted in with either my mother or father or even my grandfather and grandmother. To be arranged. The music, I've thought about it and settled and then thought about it again and again. That is another thread in itself for those who settle for cremation , Where do you want your ashes scattered ? , When my wife passed away her wishes was some of them scattered along the seafront at Cromer where we used to sit and have our fish and chips while watching the world and the boats out at sea go by , this I honoured a few months after and I still sit on the same bench when I go up there myself on a day out , the rest are at the bottom of my back garden amongst all the flowers we planted over the years , with myself I would like half of mine to go along side of my wife in our back garden and the rest can be scattered up the top end of our estuary where I have spent a great deal of my life and who knows , I might meet up with some of the ole fowlers I haven't seen for a few years , I would have quite a bit to tell em MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 16 minutes ago, Westley said: Thank you for that. My parents ashes are there too. I was at Southport crem last year, at a shooting man's cremation. During a quiet part of the service, the sound of pinks going overhead outside, could be heard. That raised several smiles among the congregation. I bet it did. How poignant! Them pinks probably heading out to the marshes in Banks or the Mere. I do like the grounds at Southport Crem. 2 minutes ago, marsh man said: That is another thread in itself for those who settle for cremation , Where do you want your ashes scattered ? , When my wife passed away her wishes was some of them scattered along the seafront at Cromer where we used to sit and have our fish and chips while watching the world and the boats out at sea go by , this I honoured a few months after and I still sit on the same bench when I go up there myself on a day out , the rest are at the bottom of my back garden amongst all the flowers we planted over the years , with myself I would like half of mine to go along side of my wife in our back garden and the rest can be scattered up the top end of our estuary where I have spent a great deal of my life and who knows , I might meet up with some of the ole fowlers I haven't seen for a few years , I would have quite a bit to tell em MM That is lovely that MM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 I'll go to Barber's "Adagio for Strings" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 "We got to get out of this place" A quick trip direct to crematorium with no 'god botherers' in sight then ashes in the river Trent, out to sea hopefully via the Humber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 53 minutes ago, old man said: "We got to get out of this place" A quick trip direct to crematorium with no 'god botherers' in sight then ashes in the river Trent, out to sea hopefully via the Humber. Let me know when 👍 I might just have a drink out of you yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dessyb Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 (edited) go in under ground by the jam also time to say good bye sarah brightman and andrea bocelli Edited February 26 by dessyb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightlittlebits Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 Seen Disturbed's cover of Sound of Silence mentioned but for me it's their song Hold on to Memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 On 23/02/2025 at 14:21, amateur said: I'll go to Barber's "Adagio for Strings" Beautiful! 'Platoon' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkfanz Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 news from heaven,by runrig then ill be with my late wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 3 hours ago, 7daysinaweek said: Beautiful! 'Platoon' Written a bit before "Platoon", though. Alternatively Pachelbel's "Canon in D Major" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 My nephew insisted everyone should wear slippers and dressing gowns at his cremation and he went out to The Birdie Song by the Tweets. It was surreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 4 hours ago, amateur said: Written a bit before "Platoon", though. Alternatively Pachelbel's "Canon in D Major" Another that is extremely pleasing to the ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 7 minutes ago, 7daysinaweek said: Another that is extremely pleasing to the ear. Thanks. I think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSpredder Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 (edited) A lullaby would seem appropriate when I am going to sleep for evermore, so I will opt for the Chopin Berceuse. Unless I change my mind and request “Nimrod” (Elgar). Edit. This is a Pigeon Watch forum, so I am wondering whether anybody would choose “La Paloma” or “O for the wings of a dove”. Edited February 26 by McSpredder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 2 hours ago, Cranfield said: My nephew insisted everyone should wear slippers and dressing gowns at his cremation and he went out to The Birdie Song by the Tweets. It was surreal. Guy I knew turned up at his funeral with his rough plank coffin propped up at 45deg in a sidecar. The undertaker was a bird on the pillion, wearing a top hat and a very short mini-skirt. Once inside, his son handed out felt tip pens and told everyone that his Dad said they were all to sign his coffin and go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted February 26 Author Report Share Posted February 26 2 hours ago, London Best said: Guy I knew turned up at his funeral with his rough plank coffin propped up at 45deg in a sidecar. The undertaker was a bird on the pillion, wearing a top hat and a very short mini-skirt. Once inside, his son handed out felt tip pens and told everyone that his Dad said they were all to sign his coffin and go. I can't compete with that but LB but back to the ( music ) ,a good mate of mine who was a postman who used to supply me with the canvas letter bags , they were ideal as game bags and I have still got one in my garage , anyhow he was a very keen fowler and when he passed away there were several fowlers at the cremo , when they started to bring his coffin in the room the ( music ) was the sound of thousands of Pinks coming in to roost for the evening , the sound started fairly loud when the skiens were heading towards where they wanted to spend the night , then the ones that were already there were calling out as well so the noise just got louder and louder and louder until it was bouncing off the walls and you were expecting the geese coming through the roof at any minute , then once they pitched in the sound started to die down until you could just hear the odd one , it was incredible and never seen anything like it since . MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 I said earlier that my funeral song changes all the time. Today it would include this as people leave the venue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robden Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 I don't do funerals....just put me on the tip. £20 funeral or £3000 funeral, I'll still be dead. When a friend goes, I send flowers and raise a glass at the due time remembering them as they were, and not just an empty shell. But that's just me. Also, I'm not religious......stopped having invisible friends when I was about eleven years old. Having said that, my shooting ground owner said that if I am cremated, the urn will be placed in the middle of stand A and shot at by my usual squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eaf70 Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 I've told my lads to just shove me in the wheelie bin feet first, I've paid enough council tax to cover a funeral !! But if they need a service then it has to be Atmosphere by Joy Division on the way in, Time to Say Goodbye by Bocelli + Brightman in the middle then That's Entertainment by The Jam on the way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 22 hours ago, Dougy said: Let me know when 👍 I might just have a drink out of you yet Any time bud, just ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serrac Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 "Somewhere" by Runrig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 (edited) @mel b3 Wouldn't yours be by Lonnie Donegan? https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DUK39cwfFcKE&ved=2ahUKEwiQqNvJxOaLAxVaaEEAHalKLbUQwqsBegQIDBAE&usg=AOvVaw10c6-_gGgULMlbz_gCaJzT Edited February 28 by amateur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 3 hours ago, amateur said: @mel b3 Wouldn't yours be by Lonnie Donegan? https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DUK39cwfFcKE&ved=2ahUKEwiQqNvJxOaLAxVaaEEAHalKLbUQwqsBegQIDBAE&usg=AOvVaw10c6-_gGgULMlbz_gCaJzT 😄😄😄😄😄😄 I can just see everybody rolling around the crematorium when that was playing 😄😄😄😄😄😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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