{"id":1364,"date":"2019-03-13T22:58:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T22:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2025-09-27T19:32:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T19:32:20","slug":"crossing-the-bar-brigids-brother-neville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1364","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Crossing the Bar&#8221; &#8211; Brigid&#8217;s brother Neville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a battle with cancer and surrounded by love. Nev was eighty, nine years ahead of Brigid. So her big (and only ) brother. Nev had a wonderful career as a ship&#39;s pilot. In Brisbane, Australia he&#39;d pilot the big ships up the river and dock them. A few pictures below Tennyson.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"c-hdgSans c-hdgSans_2 c-mix-hdgSans_inline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Crossing the Bar<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-feature-sub c-feature-sub_vast\">\n<div><span class=\"c-txt c-txt_attribution\"> By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poets\/alfred-tennyson\">Alfred, Lord Tennyson<\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-feature-bd\">\n<div class=\"o-poem  isActive\" data-view=\"PoemView\">\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">Sunset and evening star,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;And one clear call for me!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">And may there be no moaning of the bar,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;When I put out to sea,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;But such a tide as moving seems asleep,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;Too full for sound and foam,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">When that which drew from out the boundless deep<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;Turns again home.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;Twilight and evening bell,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;And after that the dark!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">And may there be no sadness of farewell,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;When I embark;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;For tho&#39; from out our bourne of Time and Place<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;The flood may bear me far,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">I hope to see my Pilot face to face<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;When I have crost the bar.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">Here&#39;s Brigid and Nev, and then with Nev&#39;s wife Gerry and their oldest daughter June, with Brisbane in the background. This was two years ago when Brigid was visiting in Brisbane.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a49363d2200b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BidNev (2)\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e20240a49363d2200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a49363d2200b-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"BidNev (2)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4459db5200c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NevGerryBidJune\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4459db5200c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4459db5200c-500wi\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"NevGerryBidJune\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">Brigid is not sure how old Neville is in this. In his 30&#39;s? On the back it says in his handwriting &#8211; &quot;off to work.&quot;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a46ebddc200d-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nevofftowork!\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e20240a46ebddc200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a46ebddc200d-400wi\" style=\"width: 352px;\" title=\"Nevofftowork!\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">And not sure how old Brigid is in these pictures with the big brother. Four maybe? Long ago.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a46ebe23200d-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NevBid\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e20240a46ebe23200d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a46ebe23200d-300wi\" style=\"width: 288px;\" title=\"NevBid\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">Adoring her brother!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4936439200b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NevBid2\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4936439200b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20240a4936439200b-300wi\" style=\"width: 288px;\" title=\"NevBid2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;\">&#0160;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a battle with cancer and surrounded by love. 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