Southport attack victim Elsie Dot Stancombe remembered with balloons and bubbles at funeral

The life of an “extraordinary girl” who was killed in the Southport knife attack has been remembered with balloons, bubbles and one of her favourite Taylor Swift songs at her funeral.

Ahead of the service for seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe on Friday, mourners – including the family dog Bobby – gathered outside St John’s Church in Birkdale to see the horse-drawn carriage, which travelled from the family home through streets decorated with pink ribbons.

Emergency service workers were among those attending, along with Ibrahim Hussein, imam of Southport mosque, which was damaged when violence broke out the day after Elsie’s death.

The service, referred to as Elsie’s Special Day, was the final funeral to be held for the victims of the attack at the Taylor Swift-themed dance class on Hart Street on July 29, in which Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and Bebe King, six, also died.

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[katebaxter]

Poor little love. So sorry for her and her heartbroken family ❤

[michaelburton]

May her dear soul rest in peace and rise in glory

[MichaelGeorge]

I still cannot believe that this happened

[patriciamannings]

So so sad, rest easy little one and dance your way to heaven 💔

[stevemaclaine]

god bless you little angel, we will never forget you and the other two little ones, fly high angels 😭

[sallybond]

Bless the little soul, just tragic, her poor family 😢

[tomchloe]

Such a small coffin shouldn’t exist - lives lost like this is absolutely horrific. Wishing all involved my condolences

[melodycool]

People filming the grieving family with their phones. It's not a parade, it's a little girls funeral.

[MaisyGill-td]

This has to stop and no more because am fed up with people who can not show love and peace.
Am fed up with people who spread hate and fear in the community how sad and sick.
This needs to stop.
The loss of lives of children so young.
♥️🌹

[ThomasPrior-wvzn]

HAIL MARY FULL OF GRACE, HOLD HER CLOSE TO YOU, MOTHER MARY, HEAL HER FAMILY WITH YOUR PREYERS TO OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AMEN

[ThomasPrior-wvzn]

YOUR IN THE ARMS OF JESUS NOW NOTHING NOW CAN HARM YOU GOD BLESS YOU AMEN

[sharonl]

A lump in my throat watching this incredible sad heartwrenching scene.
Sending you love and strength 😢

[djjayem]

Absolutely should never have happened. Its gonna get worse too.

[SHINBET]

Dedicated to the memory of
Miss Elsie Dot Stancombe

🙏🏻🌹🙏🏻 🌹🙏🏻🌹🙏🏻🌹🙏🏻🌹🙏🏻🌹🙏🏻

✝️

Near a shady wall a rose once grew,
Budded and blossomed in God’s free light,
Watered and fed by the morning dew,
Shedding it’s sweetness day and night.

As it grew and blossomed fair and tall,
Slowly rising to loftier height,
It came to a crevice in the wall
Through which there shone a beam of light.

Onward it crept with added strength
With never a thought of fear or pride,
It followed the light through the crevice’s length
And unfolded itself on the other side.

The light, the dew, the broadening view
Were found the same as they were before,
And it lost itself in beauties new,
Breathing it’s fragrance more and more.

Shall claim of death cause us to grieve
And make our courage faint and fall?
Nay! Let us faith and hope receive–
The rose still grows beyond the wall,

Scattering fragrance far and wide
Just as it did in days of yore,
Just as it did on the other side,
Just as it will forever-more.

Rest In Peace Eternal
Sincere condolences, Captain Doctor Rosenberg MD
Israeli Army Medical Corps Commander, Jerusalem, Israel 🇮🇱