RIP CILLA (didn't see any thread lads)

Three lads just lost their Mum. Condolences to the family.

 

Flags are flying at half mast in SC today.

 

Surprise surprise...

 

Pissed and fell over, then. It's what she would have wanted.

 

I was speaking to a BS in the Cheese last night. He was of the same opinion as the actual Liverpudlians on here.

 

Cilla Black funeral: Fans turn out in Liverpool

Cilla Black's funeral cortege is making its way to the Liverpool church where the singer and TV star's funeral Mass is due to take place shortly.
Mourners are observing the cortege on its two-mile route and have gathered outside St Mary's RC Church in Woolton.
Sir Cliff Richard is due to sing, while TV stars Paul O'Grady, Jimmy Tarbuck and Christopher Biggins will join her sons Robert and Ben in giving readings.
Other guests will include Sir Tom Jones and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The funeral begins at 13:00 BST.

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Cilla Black and Sir Cliff Richard were good friends for many years
Speaking ahead of the service, Biggins told ITV's Good Morning Britain: "It's going to be a tough day I think but also a joyous day, saying goodbye to our dear friend Cilla and I think this is absolutely the right place for her to return to.
"It's like Cinderella has returned to Liverpool... If Cilla were here, she'd love it."
Singer and TV star Black died in Spain after suffering a stroke earlier this month at the age of 72.

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Fans pay tribute
Cilla Black was "a beautiful person", according to Liz Jones, who has travelled from Birmingham to be outside the church. Over the years she's always been very special to us," Mrs Jones said. "She's an ordinary person you could identify with."
Her sister Annie added: "I just had to be here. Nothing was going to stop me coming. She was from my era. She was a very ordinary person - you felt she was the same as yourself, but had made good."
Former Blind Date contestant Mark Finch, who made the trip from Scotland, said: 'What a lovely woman, an absolute pleasure to meet. I just think she's a woman who's put so much into music and show business and I just wanted to show my respects."
Eddie Lynch travelled from his home in Glasgow at 06:30. He said: "She was so beautiful and polished. I travelled all this way because I've always loved Cilla. I took the day off. A lot of people know I loved Cilla so I had to come. I think today will be very sad."

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Paul O'Grady (left) and Jimmy Tarbuck will participate in the Mass

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Christopher Biggins (left) and Gerry Marsden were among the mourners
The funeral cortege will start at the junction of Woolton Road and Church Road North, and will travel to the junction with Blackwood Avenue before continuing to the church.
The church is where Black and husband Bobby Willis had their marriage blessed in 1969, following a register office wedding earlier that year.
After a hymn and greeting by the Right Reverend Thomas Williams, Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, Sir Cliff will deliver opening words and perform the song Faithful One.
Her son Robert Willis will read Henry Scott-Holland's poem Death Is Nothing At All, while Ben Willis will read a passage by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.

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The star held her home city in great affection
Black's 1964 hit Anyone Who Had A Heart will play during Holy Communion and The Long And Winding Road by her friends The Beatles has been chosen as the recessional music.
Biggins will deliver a Bible reading from the Book of Wisdom, Tarbuck will read the Prayers of the Faithful and O'Grady will give a closing tribute.
Black grew up in Liverpool and found fame on stage after singing in clubs including the famous Cavern in the early 1960s.
She went on to become a TV favourite, hosting the hit Saturday night shows Blind Date and Surprise Surprise from the mid-1980s to early 2000s.
Fans have been asked to make donations in her name to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. An online donation page has been set up.
After the service, Black's body will be laid to rest at a private ceremony in Allerton Cemetery, where her parents are buried.

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Her marriage to Bobby Willis was blessed at St Mary's following a register office ceremony in 1969
Black died of a stroke after falling over at her Spanish home on 1 August.
An album of the star's greatest hits re-entered the UK top 40 after her death, and is continuing to climb the chart.
It is likely to be in the top three when the next chart is announced on Friday, according to the Official Chart Company, and could be number one.

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