A Kentish Farewell

This month is going by so fast.  Easter has come and gone.  On Maundy Thursday we went to a funeral in the depths of the Kentish countryside.  Tom's other grandmother had recently died after a long illness. The little village church was full of her extended family and many friends.  She was a much-loved lady. This was the church she had attended for many years before she moved to Hythe.

After the committal, the strains of bagpipes were heard, played by her son-in-law who is a world-class piper of Scottish descent. He played Lady MacRobert's Lament.  This tune was composed to commemorate the loss of Lady MacRobert's three sons - one of whom was killed in a flying accident, and the other two were killed while serving with the RAF in World War II.  They were all in their early twenties.  She promptly gave funds for a new bomber, called MacRobert's Reply. What an amazing woman.