Comments on: Joan Lauder, Cat Lady

By: Phillip fowler

Phillip fowler — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:10:34 +0000

I’m hazels brother can just remember my at auntie Joan .hope the book is finished will definitely buy a copy r.i.P joan.

By: Hazel Davis

Hazel Davis — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 20:12:41 +0000

Joan is my auntie my mums long lost sister for nearly 50 years

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 07:29:59 +0000

Fascinating. Thank you.

By: Phil Maxwell

Phil Maxwell — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 13:14:09 +0000

I’ll be honest. I prefer Clive’s photos. Strangely Joan has gripped me recently and I’m working on some art work using my pics of her. The recollections of Clive and Rodney are wonderful.

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 06:18:14 +0000

Angels appear in many guises on earth – the clue is in the photograph for all to see the beauty of her soul.

By: Pamela Traves

Pamela Traves — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 02:28:21 +0000

Joan Lauder, Cat Lover is a Wonderful Lady. How Kind and Loving She is with Her Hungry Pusses. God Bless Her.????????

By: Derek Stride

Derek Stride — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 20:05:36 +0000

When the church was derelict, she used to feed a lot of cats round the back.

By: Hélène

Hélène — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 17:49:58 +0000

Very moving. Nice to see Joan in colour and smiling.
I too wonder what her early life was like.
Clive’s cat got her name from an admirable lady =^.,.^=

By: paul loften

paul loften — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 12:31:21 +0000

Wonderful story. Thank you. Joan had a long life 87 years but there is no information as to her early life. it may remain a mystery. The passing years would bury us all if it were not for the Gentle Author . May I thank her for her on behalf of all her dear friends that were not able to say the words but I am sure the purrs were music to her ears

By: Adriana Diaz Enciso

Adriana Diaz Enciso — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 11:28:45 +0000

Dear Gentle Author,

I discovered your beautiful blog thanks to a friend who forwarded it to me during the first lockdown. It has been great solace to find your emails in my inbox every day.

I thought I still lived in London (just) since I moved to Barnet 2 years ago. The pandemic proved me wrong. Without using hardly any public transport this year, it’s as if I lived in the other end of the world, and my heart grieves for the city I came to live in out of sheer love, learnt through books, 21 years ago.

Reading your blog is also a reminder that it is many hearts who are grieving for London even while living in the midst of it. The destruction of it in the hands of corporate interests and a warped view of what human life means is a growing wound for many of us. You document it courageously, defending what is left of this wonderful city, but you also wisely help us face the transience of things by keeping them alive in memory, in images, in words.

It is a source of great comfort, and beauty. Thank you!

And a very happy Christmas in this uncertain year. May 2021 be kinder to us all.

Warm regards,

Adriana