Thank you so much to all of you for coming from the different areas of Mum’s life. Thank you especially to our American cousins who have flown over for just three days to be here. Thank you Mark, Lisa and yes there are two Benjamin Blacknells here. Thank you for coming. We really appreciate it.
We’ve tried to collect as many of the kind messages sent by friends and family when dad passed away. If you’d like to send us a message to be included please do contact us.
I would have loved my mum, Gretta, to be here too. Mum and Dad were very different – an Irish woman and an English man, an extravert and an introvert, one very driven and one a peace-maker, one an exerciser and one an eater – but they built a marriage that demonstrated the best of both of them.