Stories from: St Anne’s Arts and Community Centre, Barnstable

 

Power in Life   

It felt like an amazing metaphor when I shared with the family of an eighty-seven year old ex-headmaster, (a strong,

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Throwing Earth    

At my ninety-seven year old mother’s funeral in October 2015 all the family gathered from far and wide for the

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Covered in Daffodils   

I recently attended the funeral of an elderly farmer in Derbyshire. His coffin was taken to the church on a

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The River   

A good friend of mine who died a couple of years ago wanted half his ashes to be buried in

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Work Of Art   

I wanted to tell you about my father’s coffin – made by him, to fit – about ten years ago.

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A Fiasco   

Last year I lost a good friend who had no kin, lived in rented accommodation, on benefits. The police took

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Not My Funeral   

My mum died suddenly and quickly in 2003. My dad, two brothers and I were in shock. I think we

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Unreality   

A funny story about my Mum. She did never really acknowledging (at least to me) that she was dying. She

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The Large Toe   

As a student nurse I was helping to lay out a diabetic man who had died. His toes were black

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Silhouetted    

Six of us carried my mother’s cardboard coffin uphill five hundred yards, from the hearse to her plot in a

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