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A piper played the bagpipes as a much-loved father and grandfather was taken to his final resting place. Matthew McRae played ‘Going Home’ as the coffin of Scotsman Robert Beaton arrived outside Dartford Working Men’s Club in Essex Road, Dartford . Robert, who was president of the Working Men’s Club, died on January 19, just nine weeks after his beloved wife Fiona. His funeral was held on Thursday, February 29. His son Stuart said he had had no signs of ill health before his death from a pulmonary embolism. “My mum and dad were married for 53 years,” he said. “He was devastated when she died a…

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