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Locals in Skewen, Bonnie Tyler’s hometown, lined the streets on Monday to watch her funeral procession and clapped as the hearse drove past them. On Saturday, a crowd made up of hundreds of Bonnie Tyler’s friends and fans lined the streets of Mumbles in Swansea as her coffin was driven home. We recently heard from fans reflecting on what she meant to them, and here are more of their memories.

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00:52She's 17 since she started her career, and Bobby, I've known her, he was a tutor, you
00:59know, so I've known her a long time. Jan is the same roughly, she's known her well.
01:04Yes, we know her family very well, and it's been a tough time for all of us, not just friends,
01:11family, but I think the whole of Mumbo's, and Portugal as well, where she spent half
01:16of her time, and she was so loved by many, many people, and it's just, we're still devastated,
01:22we're still reeling from the loss of her, and that's just friends, so a family, how are
01:29they going to cope with us, it's just, but they've all got the support of all the local
01:35people and people around.
01:37It must be so special for them to know that everyone came out in big numbers today.
01:41It was, it was definitely, yes, it just sort of really reiterated how loved she was, and
01:50certainly from this, from here and far and wide, she had an amazing fan base, so I think
01:59the family would be, although they're obviously very devastated and things are, you know, and
02:04it brings it all up again. Yes, when they look back, I think they will be pleased at how many
02:13people turned down.
02:14I'm from Scotland, Jess. We met, you know, Bonnie Tyler through my friend, Jan, who lives here.
02:21And the first time I was backstage in our dressing room, I'm like, I'm in Bonnie Tyler's dressing
02:29room, and she's looking at me like, why are you acting so strange?
02:34She was so gentle. She was just such a formal bedroom.
02:37Very lovely woman in St. Earl.
02:38And she had an amazing Christmas morning party. Oh, yes.
02:42Absolutely amazing.
02:44Yes, they were fabulous Christmas mornings there, brings back many precious memories,
02:49and again, we'd have a sing song. Yes.
02:52And it was fantastic.
02:54And who wouldn't know we'd turn up, some famous people of mine.
02:57But we can't mention that. No.
02:58No.
02:59No.
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