Sir Jimmy Shand mourned

Edinburgh - Hundreds of mourners yesterday packed a small parish church for the funeral of the world famous accordionist Sir …

Edinburgh - Hundreds of mourners yesterday packed a small parish church for the funeral of the world famous accordionist Sir Jimmy Shand. The Scottish musician died last Saturday in Perth Royal Infirmary, aged 92.

More than an hour before yesterday's service began, a queue of mourners stretched into the snow covered street outside Auchtermuchty Parish Church in Fife.

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