This started off at 0430 in the morning in Surrey, i jumped out of bed, showered and drove to Heathrow arriving at crew car park at 530am, i caught tha 0545 U3 bus from the Bath road to Terminal one central area and then walked through the tube station to check in. The flight at 0715 was not full so i got on ok on my staff ticket, and landed in Newcastle at 0825. I was met by mam and dad and we drove to the chapel of rest to see Aunty Bell and were led through a lovely decorated reception area to a nice lounge, tastefully decorated with two nice sofas. The owner came in and said the paperwork had not been signed so the body was still at University hospital. Mum and Dad knew there was a mix up as she was never in that hospital. He went top check and came back all apologetic as there were three people in that day all with the same surname of Robson so we almost saw the wrong body.
This was a start of fiascos, in the church the vicar/priest was Polish and his english was bad, plus he got her shortened life story all mixed up and there was no mention of her sister Eva who dies almost two years ago. The organise did not show up so there was no accompaniment to the Hymns. It turned into "CARRY ON DEATH" it's a good job Aunty Bell liked a laugh and had a good sense of humour.
We all went back to a local golf course for afternoon tea etc with the usual passing around or photographs and families catching up. We left so i could change for my flight home about 530pm and i was at the airport by 700pm, my flight took off at 810pm and landed at 925pm. I was back at home by 1045pm after a very long day. It was so nice to see all my family again but it always seems to be under the same circumstances of death. I do hope we have a happy event soon and not a sad one!!!!
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