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Annie widdecombe

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MT62 Thu 13-Aug-26 19:41:26

Annie widdecombes funeral has come & gone & really surprised no one has mentioned it on here.
RIP Annie

crazyH Thu 13-Aug-26 22:49:37

I always enjoyed seeing and hearing her on Jeremy Vine.
R.I.P. dear Anne. What a way to leave this world. You did not deserve that 😢

MT62 Thu 13-Aug-26 22:50:30

I like that, Widdy!

MT62 Thu 13-Aug-26 22:56:50

Plevey08

Everyone would have known who you meant MT62. Yes it was a tragic end to her life . I didn't know her funeral was today. Don't let a spelling problem worry you. With it being a private funeral I'm sure those who mourned her loss cared very much.

Thank you
I didn’t know that much about her but watched a couple of programmes with her in them, & found I liked her no-nonsense approach to life.
Shame what happened to her.
Glad she got a nice send off in a respectful manner.

MT62 Thu 13-Aug-26 22:59:42

MartavTaurus

^Ididn't know her funeral was today.^
It was yesterday, Wednesday 12th. See above.

The thing is, on a site where accuracy, stats, evidence etc are demanded by so many posters, it's inevitable that other posters will automatically correct mistakes in names and dates.

Yes I know it was yesterday but I can’t watch live tv so caught up today at my mum’s.

Plevey08 Thu 13-Aug-26 22:59:45

I know you weren't trying to tear up trouble MT62. I think it's nice it made you think of what your granny thought. And yes on a roasting hot day. Phew!

MartavTaurus Thu 13-Aug-26 23:03:02

MT62

MartavTaurus

Ididn't know her funeral was today.
It was yesterday, Wednesday 12th. See above.

The thing is, on a site where accuracy, stats, evidence etc are demanded by so many posters, it's inevitable that other posters will automatically correct mistakes in names and dates.

Yes I know it was yesterday but I can’t watch live tv so caught up today at my mum’s.

Don't worry MT62. It wasn't you who said it was today, it was someone else.
Just putting the facts right, as other posters would insist.

MT62 Thu 13-Aug-26 23:04:21

MT62

I wasn’t trying to rear up trouble.
I was going to comment that my granny always thought it sad to be burying someone on a roasting hot day, and it just popped in my head whilst watching Anne’s funeral.
When my granny died one November she had three foot of snow. So she got her wish.
Not that anyone is interested in my Gran.
I looked to see if there was a thread, but surprisingly none to be found.

roasting hot day

wrong to bury someone on a
roasting hot day & that was
brought to the front of my mind!

yesterday. When my gran died she had a 2 ft of foot of snow in
November, she got her wish!
Not that anyone would be interested in my granny.

Oops don’t know how that happened. Oh for an edit button!

Plevey08 Thu 13-Aug-26 23:04:56

She was a no nonsense woman. MT62 and from what I hear she loved the peace and quiet of her peaceful bungalow.

MT62 Thu 13-Aug-26 23:12:26

Thanks Martavtaurus.
I’ve reported my daft post.

MT62 Thu 13-Aug-26 23:14:35

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MT62 Thu 13-Aug-26 23:15:31

MT62

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To plevey08

Sago Thu 13-Aug-26 23:27:24

We have friends coming to stay this weekend that were here close neighbours and knew her reasonably well.

I’m sure they will tell us all they know.

She was often at our son’s school in Lancashire giving talks and more than once for prize giving, she was very popular.

A lovely lady with a wicked sense of humour.

RIP.