Re: Hovis' Funeral - what a turn out!!
 

Very emotional day but I felt honoured to attend today and honoured to be a member of this site. The weather was beautiful if a little on the nippy side and the funeral service couldn't have been held in a lovelier spot, in the hills with the sheep :)

It was lovely to meet old and new faces as always, I just wish it hadn't been under those circumstances.

And I never thought I would hear a vicar utter the word Metallica in a funeral ceremony, Hovis would have been so proud :D

p.s. i too would like a copy of the service sheet, thankyou to whoever provides it in advance xx
+1 and you make a fine brew :-)

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I've just got home. Quedos is still on her way back to Scotland.
I can't put into words what the day has been like.

I will say, I don't sing hymns, but I did sing the words to Nothing Else Matters in the crematorium.

We all pulled together so well, it was a truely great send off, from all corners of the Country present.

yes and I would like a copy too. Thanks

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I was glad I made the trip down, it really was a corker of a send off.

Re: Hovis' Funeral - what a turn out!!
 

Got home about an hour ago.

Glad I made it along, got to meet some new people, put faces to names, and say goodbye to one.

It wasn't until they were carrying him into the church that it sunk in, then standing in the churchyard, with everyone, all feeling the loss.

Then slowly, as the day went on, the smiles started to appear on peoples faces, as they remembered the good times, and put the bad to the back of their minds.

Re: Hovis' Funeral - what a turn out!!
 

Been back about an hour now, after a staggered journey back to Notts.

Really glad i came down, even after waking up nearly two hours late. :)

Was amazed to see so many people there and i think whenever i hear Nothing Else Matters again, i'll always think of good memories.

Hope everyone got back safe and sound.

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Hi all just left Cheryl & Dan's.

Today has been well today. We went back to his mums after the wake and she and the family where amazed at the turn out and the amount of peoples lifes that hovis touched that people had made the jouneys they did to be there.

In terms of the order of service drew had already asked and is being sent some as well as by email.

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Well I would have ridden twice as far if needed to be there.

Truly a proud and emotional day

I saw and felt the sun pop out really bright outside the church at a very apt moment, missed the rainbow though. . awww

I counted 87 people come out of the church and 120 outside.. then there were many on the car park too..

I have never seen so many folk at a funeral.

Org - you did him proud.

The distances you travelled- the respect you showed, we really were one goup today - representing. and representing the whole country .. the areas that folk came from really did cover the whole of the UK. ( and a thought for Quedos still traveling home)

The handshakes, the cuddles - and I mean male to male too.. all with feeling

Was a day to be proud of , and a day to make Hovis proud too.. we discussed at the Crem the oddity of funerals that you ar enot here to see how many folk turn out, just how popular you are and what folk think of you - well, he wouldnt have been disappointed that's for sure.


Touching moment for me was on the way in we got seperated from the bikes and made out own way to chapel and by chance went past his house- not knowing where he lived, with the hearse outside and the mourners, was a shock but also "our" moment.

Then on the way home we passed his home again and his car was there outside, complete with HOVIS reg plate. H0 V15 or similar- there was a pic of his car on here a year or so ago.. it was hard seing that.

and the guy who came to us at the wake and said he was one of Hovis' oldest mates an seeing us all arrive from all over the country really choked him..

Home now- raising a glass , with a tired body and a warm heart.

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Glad to have met some of you today , got a neat story off one of Hovis` best mates , the one about his car Reg :) . Some old lady chatted to me outside as I was getting ready I thought I was all cried out and had stopped my snivelling until she said to me "I`m a widower just like Dave`s mam , she said to me once , `I may have lost my husband but I`ve always got Dave`" ............................. I had to go for another walk and rip open another packet of pocket hankies

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I'm from the North....... it's in the genes. Yorkshire Tea - best thing from that side of the Pennines ;-)

Good to have a met you & Chris :thumbsup:

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It was a shame we missed the wake, it would have been lovely to meet other friends and family of the breadman. Am sure the .org representation there did a sterling job of doing just that :-)