Comments on: So Long, Henrietta Keeper

By: Lesley keeper

Lesley keeper — Wed, 06 May 2020 20:30:49 +0000

Thank you everyone for your warm & loving comments . My mother Henrietta keeper was one of a kind .a true character of the east end .everybody knew her . Don’t matter where she was she broke out into a song or two . Many people’s will miss her & her warming character. Love to you all. Her daughter- Lesley keeper. Xx

By: Achim

Achim — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 14:07:59 +0000

Mrs Henrietta Keeper — R.I.P.

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: JIll Wilson

JIll Wilson — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 09:04:40 +0000

I didn’t actually meet Henrietta or hear her sing but she was obviously a very special and unique character, so my sympathy goes out to all who knew her and will miss the little songbird.

By: Robin s Call

Robin s Call — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 07:32:15 +0000

Rest in Peace little songbird.

By: Eric Forward

Eric Forward — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 06:40:26 +0000

RIP indeed Henrietta. My partner and I had the pleasure of her company one afternoon at Pellicci’s with her daughter. You’d have been surprised if she told you she was 70, never mind in her 90s. Sad, but she clearly had a long and eventful life. Another pure East End character lost unfortunately, but not forgotten.

By: Vicki Pearce

Vicki Pearce — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 23:52:09 +0000

Such a rich life portrayed so vividly by your words and images. As the child of a “Ten Pound Pom” I visualise what the life of our family may have been like had we not emigrated to NZ (1955).

By: Carol Himmelman-Christopher

Carol Himmelman-Christopher — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:57:32 +0000

Beautiful lady, rest in eternal peace. Thank you, Gentle Author, for sharing her story. A life well lived. She made memories for her friends and family and graced the people of her community with her gift of song. Rest now.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:39:26 +0000

Thank you, GA, for immortalising this redoubtable lady. We heard her singing in Christ Church at one of your book launches. The East End loses another character. RIP.

By: paul loften

paul loften — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:35:35 +0000

Very sad to hear of Henrietta’s passing. She may have been small but her personality was larger than life. How funny life is, one momentary decision to have taken shelter At Bethnal Green station with her friend Doris and all of this wonderful life which you have documented for us would never have been. Thank you both Henrietta and the GA for this story

By: Linda Granfield

Linda Granfield — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:22:17 +0000

What a dynamo Joan was! And how young she looked! (Bring on the brown bread!)

While I was reading, I was hoping the story was going to conclude with a video of her singing so that your world of readers could hear Joan.

Any chance someone videotaped one of her Pellicci Concerts?