Thank you to everyone who donated so generously in David Michael Nolan’s memory. The funds received have helped RNIB to continue to be there for anyone affected by sight loss, such as through our Eye Care Liaison Officer service. Last year we provided emotional and practical support from the moment of diagnosis to over 60,000 blind and partially sighted people, helping them to face the future with confidence. Thank you.

I will read the following poem at the service, adapted from the original to make it more relevant to dad. As you know me, let there be No mourning when I go,- No tearful eyes, no hopeless sighs, No woe, nor even sadness. Indeed I would not have you sad, For I myself shall be full of glad, With the high triumphant gladness Of a soul made free. No windows darkened for my own Will be flung wide as never before, To catch the radiant in pour Of love that shall in full atone For all the ills that I have done. And the good things left undone No voices hushed: my own, full flushed With an immortal hope, will rise In the light of new born bliss And joyful song. Rather, or your sweet courtesy, Rejoice with me At my soul’s losing from captivity. Wish me ‘Bon Voyage’ as you do a friend Whose joyous visit finds it’s happy end And bid me both ‘Adieu’ and ‘Au revoir’ Since, though I come no more I shall be waiting there to greet you At His Door. And, as the feet of the bearers tread The ways I trod, Think not of me as gone, but rather – Happy, liberated, my course full sped! At home.

la familia española nunca te olvidará siempre estarás en nuestros corazones The Spanish family will never forget you, you will always be in our hearts