For Peggy

This is one of my favourite photos of Auntie Peggy, it was taken at a firend's wedding [by Uncle Ron, I think] She was so happy and full of joy. That is how I shall remember her. The service today will include music and hymns she loved. Ralph McTell's "Streets of London" - because she loved going up to the City. For years she worked there, and she enjoyed going to the markets and shops with Gill - but she was also sad by the poverty she saw. In her later, housebound years, she asked her daily carers to put this track on her CD player. How could she claim to be lonely, she said - she had daily carers, a loving family, and God was always with her - think of those who are much worse off, out there on the streets, she'd say.

We'll sing "How Great Thou Art" [as we did for her beloved Ron in 2005, and then for Gill] and "I will sing the wondrous story, of the Christ who died for me" - and "The Old Rugged Cross". This last one, a special favourite, will be sung using a track which Bob has taken from a vinyl LP. It is "The 7th Festival of Evangelical Choirs" recorded at the Albert Hall in 1979, and Peggy is there, along with others from the Cranbrook Baptist Choir. There cannot be many people who get to sing at their own funeral!