June2020

this time. The tribute will enable friends to unite in their thoughts, prayers and
happy memories of Lorraine and come together at the Church, listen from their
doorsteps or just sit in quiet reflection at home.
If you do come to the Church, we ask that you please respect the Social Distancing
rules and stay 2 metres apart.
(Eddleston Kirk Session)
The word spread, and on Monday
morning over 50 folk gathered at
Eddleston church with many more in
their own gardens and in front of
houses, while some sat quietly at
home at 12 noon to think about
Lorraine and unite in spirit with the
funeral party.
(Eddleston Voices), former pupils, members
of the Junior Choir and their families, of
Nomad Beat and residents of Eddleston
village all quietly assembled amongst the
gravestones of the Kirk, keeping their
distance from one another in line with the
Covid protocols. Those from further afield,
unable to travel because of restrictions,
were with us in spirit. There was a keen
wind, but a beautiful sunny day and many
could hear the pipes from a distance.
People slowly positioned themselves
in the ancient graveyard - first in
silence, and then to the haunting
strains of the pipes at midday. There
were members of Lorraine’s choir,
Meanwhile, at the Borders Crematorium our
small funeral party was assembling.
From Eddleston Voices:
Several of us from the choir paid our
respects to the funeral group leaving
Edinburgh Road….while others were at the
roundabout in Peebles..
And importantly, at midday - those who
could not attend the graveyard in Eddleston stood in their doorways and listened to
the pipes if they could hear them and paid their respects. Some of the choir live
outside Eddleston but all knew when the funeral was and because of social
distancing and non essential travel everyone joined in wherever they were... even
a choir member on hospital visit!
Fiona and her daughter Shona Sinclair share their thoughts:
As friends and villagers gathered around the churchyard overlooking Peter &
Lorraine’s house, silence fell and the sun shone throughout the Scottish Borders. A