Sally Alderman

Funeral Service

Where

Asylum Chapel

Caroline Gardens,

Asylum Rd,

London

SE15 2SQ

When
Tuesday 6th September

10am

Phone/Text/WhatsApp
07779604072

 

Dress Code - No Black Tie - please dress as stylish as possible, Sally would have wanted no less!

Note - no parking in the Asylum, please park on Asylum Road, Please do not wander the grounds of the Asylum, we only have the Chapel booked.

“We’re all damned fools!

Some of us just have more fun with it than others. Loosen up, dear! Don’t be so afraid to cry . . . or laugh, for that matter. Laugh all you want and cry all you want and whistle at pretty men in the street and to hell with anybody who thinks you’re a damned fool!”.

About Sally

Sally Jane Alderman

Sally’s passport may say she was born in Luton, but London was where she lived.

And London lived in Sally, from West End shops to Soho’s bars and restaurants, every nook, cranny or alley was where she was most at home. London’s buildings, billboards and bollards mark, in someway, moments and memories from Sally’s own personal London story.

Alleys and Arches, Embassies and Gentlemen’s Clubs, Market Stalls and Monasteries, Shopping Arcades and Streets, all have been touched by Sallys thoughtful application of her intimate knowledge and understanding of the planning system.

Sally died on the morning of the 8th of August 2022, held by those she loved, cared for and kept safe, and by all those who loved her.

Please join me at the Asylum Chapel to celebrate Sallys life, the lives she touched and the light she brought into those she was proud to call friends and family.

  • Maryborough Hotel, Cork, 2016

    We went back to the hotel where we were married to celebrate our eight wedding anniversary.

  • Our favourite deli, Shermans

    The joy of a pastrami sandwich

    2018, Palm Springs,

  • Swimming Pools and Sunshine

    Wherever Sally went, there had to be a pool, and the first item packed was always her Pool Noodle

  • Palm Springs

    February 2018, nothing like floating about when everyone back home is under the largest snowfall London has seen in years.

  • An inflatable friend

    This lobster came on two holidays with us.

  • Glastonbury 2019

    Glastonbury 2019

    Summer starts officially with Glastonbury, Sally had been attending for about 40 years and volunteering at Wagonshed Welfare for the last 30 years.

  • Glastonbury 2004

    Always stylish, muddy wellingtons and suncream. This was our first festival together.

  • Travel the world

    Seeing the world was always a priority for Sally, catching the Magic Bus from Victoria Station to Greece as a seventeen year old, to our honeymoon in Japan. The research and preparation for travel, and the cultural lessons learned from each trip were a cornerstone of who Sally was.

  • Sally's book shelf

  • Friends

    Sally’s bonds of friendship were strong and long lasting. With friends from her school days, university and her first home in Soho, mixing with the friends she made at work, socially and our neighbours.

  • Ill Dê Rê 2019

    Sally spent a year learning to ride a bike in order to go on this holiday

  • Friends can be furry too

  • Guerrilla Gardening

    With home made vodka to keep us warm, of course.

  • Helena and Al's wedding

    Helena, Kam, Sally and Katie

  • Kims Wedding

    Sally, peeking over a shoulder!

  • 1980's

    Sally was lead singer in a band, Basic Essentials between 1979 and 1983

  • The band

    This is Sally, and I believe, Andrea James

  • I want to be an Artic Explorer

    Andrea, Sally, Dave and Stewart - Basic Essentials

  • Land Girl Ahoy

    We had a rooftop party for one of the Royal Weddings, and insisted on British fancy dress

  • A right royal wedding

    Sally, Alison, Nick and Maria

  • Rain, rain...

  • More Photos

    If you have any photos of Sal you would like me to put here, please email me Dominic.orourke@gmail.com

  • Sally, Linda Lewis and Alison

  • Photo booth 1980’s

  • Picket Line Duty outside of Westminster Council