Katie Barnes and the Hermits Cave: A memory of Camberwell

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A Memory of Camberwell.

The one thing that sticks in my memory about growing up in Camberwell was the newspaper stall outside the Hermits Cave pub and the young me being in awe of Katie Barnes (I think that was her name), the 'old' woman who used to sell the papers. She knew everyone's gossip and had a slightly hairy chin!

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I lived in camberwell from 1946 untill early seventies and remember Kate very well she had her newspaper stand outside The Hermits Cave pub at the bottom of Grove Lane she was a very fiery lady and her langue could be quite colourfull if you upset her she used to like her pint and at lunchtime she was often seen enjoyinhg a cheese roll and her pint my farther used to wind her up something awful but they were quite friendly and you could have a laugh with her when you got to know her

By Moreen Chadwick on Wed Jul 23rd 2014, at 1:20 pm

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