A well attended funeral service was held in the Nightcliff Uniting Church for Margaret McDermid , 86, typical of the unsung army of volunteer women who help various charitable organisations operate . For 10 years she regularly helped sort out and price donated items and run the Nightcliff Uniting Church Op Shop.
From there clothing , shoes and other goods are also sent to Aboriginal settlements in the Katherine region and across to WA. In addition, reading matter , exercise books, pens and pencils , toys and children’s shoes are sent to communities in the hills of Timor- Leste . Clothing is sent to the Cowdy Ward at RDH. Mrs McDermid was also an active member of the CWA, always on the go despite hip trouble. Margaret had a sense of humour and when photographed in this hat which came into the Op shop , said it made her look like Miss Marple from the Agatha Christie TV series . A Scot , she had lived in Nyasaland and Sierra Leone with her late husband, John, who got the calling to religion. She died after a short illness.
It pays to investigate Miss Marple’s Nightcliff Op Shop on Fridays from 4-6.30 pm, and Saturday from 9-12 , its Saturday morning tea and coffee shop -Frilly's (a name derived from Frilled Neck Lizards which frolic in the area )- a popular drop in spot .
