Well-wishers say farewell to Jade

Apr 4 2009

Hundreds of well-wishers have lined the streets to bid farewell to reality television star Jade Goody.

Her plain white coffin was carried into a vintage Rolls-Royce in front of dozens of photographers.

The Big Brother star's hearse was walked through the streets where she grew up in Bermondsey, south east London, by funeral director Barry Albin-Dyer and the vicar of St James's Church, Rev Stewart Hartley.

Police stopped traffic as the cortege made its way in wet, gloomy conditions.

Many well-wishers tossed flowers into the hearse as it passed by. Others stood applauding in the rain.

Jade died at home at the age of 27 on March 22 after losing a battle with cervical cancer.

The mother-of-two married Jack Tweed, 21, at a ceremony in a hotel near Hatfield Heath, Essex, on February 22 after being told that she had only weeks to live.

Mr Albin-Dyer said: "Bermondsey is very kind to its dead. What's happening with Jade here isn't uncommon to Bermondsey people.

"They all come out to wish people well as they go."