In Stornoway, it is customary for funerals to be intimated through notices, placed in the windows of certain local shops. When someone dies, they are said to be "in the windows".
We do move with the times, so the notices, produced by the undertakers, now feature on a dedicated webpage. Today, seven people are in the windows, a number I have never seen before in my years in the island.
One funeral has taken place, and will shortly be taken off the website. Five others will happen on Saturday, and on Monday and Tuesday of next week. And on Thursday 11th April, an islander will be laid to rest who had moved to Toronto, Canada.
I am led to believe that any person from the island, who has previously indicated that they wish to be laid to rest here, will be conveyed back to Lewis for interment - financial provision has been made for that in the past.
I would like to extend my sympathies and condolences to the family and friends of those, whose deaths are intimated today - and in the future.
Bragar Cemetery, pic taken in 2007
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