It was Tina Greatorix's funeral today. I have never seen a funeral like it. 600+ peple in St Giles' church, Pontefract. Tina was only 62 and died of a malignant brain tumour. She was a nurse and worked for decades at Pontefract General Infirmary mainly, towards the end of her career, with cancer patients. She was a member of our Castleford Choral Society for quite a while as was her husband, Bobby. They were both very much involved with G and S. I met her through the CCS and she was a valued member of the committee for a long time.
It was amazing how many people she knew in this area. The major was at her funeral as well as several GPs and consultants. Mick Peake, a consultant chest physician who moved to Leicester, came over for the funeral. At the end, 30+ nurses n uniform lined the street when the coffin was taken to the car. Music was a great feature of the funeral and there were performances from the Castleford Male Voice Choir and the Margaret Duckworth singers.
Towards the end, members of several G and S societies scattered in the audience stood up and sang two pieces one of which was "we are gondellieris". Stunning stuff.
We had trouble getting out of the crowded church but when we did so there were about 200 people chatting on the street. We met quite a few people we knew.
Goodbye, Tina. We will never forget you.
