Barbara Bromley
We were saddened to hear that Barbara Bromley died today. Barbara was a long standing member of St Michael’s and played an illustrious part in its life whether in the Parish Office as administrator, preparing the monthly prayer calendar, helping out with tea, coffee and catering or being the life and soul of any group.Barbara Bromley's Funeral will be held on Thursday 23rd August. The funeral arrangements are as follows. A very brief Committal Service for very close friends and family will be held at 10am at Hither Green Crematorium.
The Main Service of Thanksgiving and Praise for Barbara's life will be St Michael's at 11am. All welcome.
Barbara was one of those people who everyone warmed to and we will all have our treasure house of memories of her. One thing I will not forget is her wicked laughter. On one memorable occasion, I was travelling up to London with Barbara on a crowded rush hour train when Barbara worked for the Prince’s Trust. I was telling her of my exploits in Tanzania. She began laughing more and more until the rest of the carriage fell silent and everyone turned to see what was going on. Undeterred she urged me to carry on and her laughter continued unabated!
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Pete and Pam Moss add:
They say that laughter makes you live longer - in which case Barbara should have been 104 instead of 74 when she died. We have endless memories of Barbara bringing whole restaurants to a halt with her amazing screams of laughter. Once we were with Barbara visiting Durham Cathedral. People were moving about speaking in hushed tones when suddenly and quite unexpectedly we bumped into our friends Keith and Kathryn Rogers who, unkown to us, were also visiting the cathedral that day. A huge smile came over Barbara's face, her eyes began to water and she exploded into one of her loud, long laughs that set the whole cathedral echoing and re-echoing around. She smothered her face with her handkerchief and we all fled before the cathedral staff could reach us.Barbara was generous with her time and money and although she had few relatives she had a very large family of friends across the country whom she regularly contacted and visited. She was kindness itself and always found good in everyone. We are missing her terribly.
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I failed to convince Barbara to fly to Sydney for a holiday but we maintained weekly contact over the past 7 years using email and the occasional phonecall. Barbara was the church administrator when Wendy and I lived at 1a Pond Rd (1996-2000). She also encouraged people to pray for me and my family after we left Blackheath, sending out a local context prayer letter periodically.
BB affirmed my strengths and corrected me when I misbehaved. In this way she was a true friend. The grace she showed to me was liberating. She knew my faults and failings yet remained in relationship with me and helped me to move on. She challenged me when I went off track or made bad decisions and then helped me to change my behaviour. She never spoke to me about other people's behaviour yet was not afraid to show love by putting me straight. She was one of my greatest supporters as well as a personal source of wisdom. To my children, BB is known as "Barbara in London", the lady who never forgets our birthdays.
BB was a nice lady and she made me laugh every sunday at church. when i see her she had a big smile and she stops and talks to me and ask how i am doing and how was my week at school was. she was a nice person and i think everyone think she was.
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