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Tuesday, June 9, 1998 Published at 07:45 GMT 08:45 UK


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The order of service

A woman adds her name to the tributes written on a giant pair of wings outside the church

The order of service at the memorial service for Linda McCartney at the church of St Martin-In-The-Field was:

Mull Of Kintyre - played by lone piper John McGeachy, pipe major of the Campbeltown Pipe Band who performed on the original Wings single

Welcome by the Rev Clare Herbert.

Hymn: All Things Bright And Beautiful (choir and congregation)

Address by Ken Townsend (former head of Abbey Road studios)

The Brodsky String Quartet perform songs written by Sir Paul for Linda: The Lovely Linda (from the album McCartney), You Gave Me The Answer (From Venus And Mars), Maybe I'm Amazed and Warm And Beautiful (From Wings At The Speed Of Sound)

Joanna Lumley reads Death Is Nothing At All by Henry Scott Holland (1847 -1918), Canon of St Paul's Cathedral

Students of the Liverpool Institute Of Performing Arts (LIPA) sing Blackbird (from the LP The Beatles - known as the White Album) and the gospel song His Eye Is On The Sparrow

Address by Brian Clarke (friend of Linda and the architectural artist with whom she recently collaborated on a revival of stained-glass photography)

The Brodsky Quartet perform songs Sir Paul wrote for Linda: Golden Earth Girl (from the album Off The Ground), Dear Boy (from Ram), Calico Skies (from Flaming Pie) and My Love

David Bailey reads Lyric by Spike Milligan

Address by Carla Lane

Hymn: Let It Be (choir and congregation)

Address by Pete Townshend

Students from the LIPA and the choir of St Martin-In-The-Fields perform Celebration from Sir Paul McCartney's Standing Stone

Prayer

An address by Sir Paul McCartney

Linda, a song by Jack Lawrence written for Linda when she was a child. Sir Paul made the song into a 45rpm single recording, on which he sang, as a surprise gift for Linda's 45th birthday

Blessing





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