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Thomas's, an' all th' underbearers and pall-bearers as I'n picked for my funeral are i' this parish and the next to 't....It's o' no use now...I mun be ta'en to the grave by strangers."

John Park for a most comforting and lovely service, also Melissa for a beautiful reading for her Aunty Denise, Raymond Kinghorn for all funeral arrangements, also underbearers Michael, Patrick, Jake and Malcolm, contributions given at funeral and from friends and relatives totalled pounds 1,000, which will be donated to Ward 24, Respiratory Fund, North Tyneside General Hospital.

Add to that 42 factory managers, 24 underbearers and ten domestic servants and the great man's send-off looks like a touching example of social cohesion.