Sturgeon joins mourners at Godley's Glasgow farewell

The funeral of comedian Janey Godley was brought to a close yesterday with her catchphrase "Frank, get the door", and former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was among the mourners.

- CASEY COOPER-FISKE

The service was held at St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow, and mourners wore an array of colourful outfits, at Godley’s request, on an overcast day in the city. Opening the funeral, the vicar said she would be remembered with “kindness and with love” and added “forgiveness” was among the themes of the service.

Godley’s daughter Ashley Storrie told the congregation she had been asked to “headline” the funeral, saying she would not be able to do any of her mother’s jokes as she was in “a house of God”.

Storrie, 38, a comedian and radio presenter, said: “My mum is very grateful to all of you who came out yesterday to Edinburgh and lined the Royal Mile and lifted your voices in song, and the people who’ve come today to remember her in the best way possible.

“My mum was very much a daughter of Glasgow, she loved her city dearly, it was her favourite place in the whole wide world, The emblem of Glasgow is the tree that never grew, and the bell that never rang, and the bird that never flew, and the fish that never swam, and I think she took that as a challenge.