Scots Morrisons staff bring store to standstill in moving tribute to 'loving' dad
23.07.2022 - 19:43
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots butcher was honoured by colleagues at a Morrisons following his sudden death as they downed tools and lined the store’s aisles to pay their respects. Peter Owens Gilbertson passed away aged 65 on June 23 2022 at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh.
Peter - described as loving, humorous and “a big family man” - worked in the Morrisons at the Gyle in the west of the capital. His family and friends gathered on Thursday to remember the Clermiston grandad.
At the time of his funeral, his colleagues also paid tribute to the “true gentleman” by bringing the store to a standstill. Stories of the prankster, father and avid Hibee were shared during the eulogy by his wife Linda, whom he met as a young teen, as well as his two sons Scott and Darren, daughter Lyndsey and three grandchildren, reports Edinburgh Live.
Pals remembered Peter’s fondness for practical jokes, whether scaring his wife in the bath or catching out friends Ian and Mikey when they worked together as window cleaners. Celebrant Jacky McKinney, said: “There were endless opportunities for pranks like putting a bucket of water at the foot of the ladder for someone to step in when they were coming down.
“Peter had been caught out himself on one occasion and tried to get his own back on Ian and Mikey; he’d seen them go up and across the roof they were working at, put the bucket down and stood back to watch and laugh, only for the two of them to come up behind him to ask what he was doing?
“Peter couldn’t believe it and asked, ‘so who’s that then’? – just as his gaffer Chris came down the ladder and stepped in the bucket!
“We can only imagine the rollocking that he got!”
The funeral heard how Peter once told his wife she needed to be on the lookout as there was