Q. Having attended a funeral and wake last Monday, I
found out after I had gone home that an old friend, on whom I have not clapped eyes for 22 years, was also present. I would love to have talked to her, but had no idea she was there since, at our age, the change in appearance is fairly dramatic and we obviously did not recognise each other. I wonder if you might suggest to your readers, Mary, that it might be a good idea for 'mourners' to fill out two sets of attendance cards, one when they are walking into the church and another when they are walking into the building wherein the wake is to take place. In this way, the cards could all be collected and mounted on a display board somewhere near the entrance, so that those present could at least recognise the names, if not the faces, and then go in search of their old acquaintances.
G.W., Wiltshire A. Thank you for this useful tip.
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