Saturday, 28 June 2014

Friday; laughter and tears.



We buried my good comrade and friend Jack Harrison on Friday.

No priests, no black cars, no flowers; but a bloody big red banner on the coffin, surrounded by all his friends, relatives and comrades.

A life of struggles; Father of Chapel (that’s chief shop steward to you young folk) at The National Graphical Association, member of Slough Trades Council.

We fought together; the Miners Strikes, the Print strikes, the marches, the pickets and on Friday we gave him a good send off.

And at the end?

A rousing singing of ‘The Internationale’ that you could hear at the other end of Slough.

 

Arise you starvelings from your slumbers

Arise ye criminals of want

For reason in revolt now thunders

And away with the age of cant

Now away with all your superstitions

Servile masses arise, arise!

We’ll change forthwith the old conditions

And spurn the dust to win the prize

 

Then comrades come rally

And the last fight let us face

The Internationale unites the human race!

 

Then comrades come rally

And the last fight let us face

The Internationale unites the human race!

So it was never really going to be a fun Friday after that but it was a celebration of a life well lived and well fought.

Farewell comrade.

Neil Harris

(a don’t stop till you drop production)

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