Festival 2024

Music Makes My Memories Magical

Organised by Peacock Nursing Home

3rd November, 11 am

Peacock Nursing Home, Eliburn, Livingston

This event is open to the Peacock Nursing Home community.

Peacock Nursing Home will be coming together to remember loved ones who have died as part of the To Absent Friends Festival, a Scotland-wide festival of storytelling and remembrance.

We will be holding a musical morning called ‘Music Makes My Memories Magical‘. This will give us the opportunity to reunite relatives who have lost their loved ones whilst they were a resident in the Peacock Nursing Home. The celebration will also be open to our staff and families.

The plan for the morning is to have a guest singer, Laura Coban, perform one of their loved one’s favourite songs or tunes and for everyone to share a happy memory of his/her life.

Light refreshments will be served and families will have the opportunity to write their special message on a card and it will be placed on our Memory Tree which is displayed all year round. We will also give every family a small token gift as a keepsake.

We have done this before and it was a huge success. Relatives were maybe a little anxious and didn’t know what to expect but it was very upbeat and everyone had a lovely fun time - Lost loved ones were remembered in a special and unique way and relatives left feeling very uplifted.

This event is supported by a To Absent Friends small grant.

Photo credit: Peacock Nursing Home