It was a very moving service, with beautifully chosen hymns and readings and very personal tributes from the Rev Penny Draper and from council colleagues.

Tony's cornet playing was mentioned, and so was the green Citroen 2CV he owned when he first met Denise (and in which I travelled to Puddleduck gigs with him when John and Bob had gone ahead in Bob's Transit van to set up the PA rig). The Puddleduck / Happenstance row in the church comprised myself, Tim and Lesley Brooks, Simon Weston, Bob Hawkes and Alan and Pat Simpson.

The church was packed, with many more people than could have been accommodated at the committal at West Herts crematorium, so the Puddleduck / Happenstance contingent retired to the Priory cafe with Cllr Mike Gibson afterwards for coffee. But it was a lovely touch that the music shown on the order of service booklet for the committal included Toujours voir le côté lumineux de la vie...

RIP Tony...

Kitty