2017 Obit: Val Richards (Suffolk)

Subject: RE: 2017 Obit: Val Richards (Suffolk)
From: GUEST,Neil,D
Date: 31 Mar 17 - 02:36 PM

R,I,P.

Subject: RE: 2017 Obit: Val Richards (Suffolk)
From: Waddon Pete
Date: 31 Mar 17 - 01:45 PM

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Subject: RE: 2017 Obit: Val Richards (Suffolk)
From: Waddon Pete
Date: 30 Mar 17 - 05:43 AM

I was very sorry to hear this news. Val was a stalwart of the folk scene in this corner of the world as well as a good friend. She lent her good humour and deep throaty laugh to many a session. She loved others to join in her songs and enjoyed life to the full.

RIP,

Peter

Subject: RE: 2017 Obit: Val Richards (Suffolk)
From: Bugsy
Date: 29 Mar 17 - 09:50 PM

Sounds like someone I wsould like to have known.

R.I.P. Val

Bugsy

Subject: Obit: Val Richards (Suffolk)
From: Rusty Dobro
Date: 29 Mar 17 - 10:39 AM

Heard from her family that Val passed away this morning. She was a mainstay of the Suffolk 'round-the-room' sessions for many years; in particular many visitors to the 'Eel's Foot' and Ipswich 'Golden Key' will recall her white 12-string guitar and love of country songs. She controlled proceedings often armed with a sign that said 'The Boss!', and preferred to play in the key of 'A flat -ish'.

After she was widowed, she lived alone in a little bungalow with no television and a radio that was rarely turned on, instead surrounding herself with guitars and banjos, and travelling fearlessly to far-distant pub sessions in her little white car. Her many friends will miss her immensely.