The recording starts out with Tom Jones' song, Its not Unusual, from 1965
It's not unusual to be loved by anyone
It's not unusual to have fun with anyone
But when I see you hanging about with anyone
It's not unusual to see me cry
1:30 The preacher (?) then speaks
Known by many as "Lily"
5:09 / reading letter? from Joe
At the age of 6 & 8 in Eastleigh with grandparents, Sunday School was skipped and they played by the river, near the bridge
Riding on a log, all was well until the log rotated, dumping Joe in the river...caught by Lily, Joe laid on the bank in the sun
7:18 / reading a letter from Jack & Jean to Alan
Addresses her as Dot, the Shave family name for her
including a verse about "the lean years" (which can be presumed to imply time with John Barry)
8:45 / letter from Dave & Barbera (brief)
9:20 Switched to Pat, her sister
A very special person, unassuming, gentle and brave / a Good listener
Flowers and Books are the two words that spring to mind
OU Class, 4 years but couldn't take the 5th she was awarded anyway
Artistic / many pictures
She was part of her garden, touching flowers and bud...always barefooted
The greenest of green fingers, with such a clutter of flowers
As a child, they played together often in the woods, lanes and fields, trying to hide from their brothers,
making dens from the branches in the trees
picking bluebells, daffodils
with Lily pointing out the Latin names of the trees, flowers
recognized the birds from their song and new what each of the many butterflies were
A child of nature with a passion for nature
14:00 poem from 1876 "simply bluebells"
16:30 Preacher
Jamie & stu couldn't make it due to the volcano
Alan
Fond memories of how busy she was
Menagerie of birds in the garden
Bookshop all around the house
Many paintings, some were sold at a stall in town in the early 80s
As she raised my brother and I over 30 years. she took a-level art and history, always busy
[ Words about the end of her life ]
19:07 Preacher plays a song for 2 minutes to let the people think...
How many kinds of sweet flowers grow
In an English country garden?
I'll tell you now of some that I know
And those I miss you'll surely pardon
Daffodils, heart's ease and flox
21:00 last respects...read a poem [piano] "go placidly..."
26:00 a thanks to all for coming
Closes with another song, Rafferty's Baker Street