A fish supper and a chippy smile : love, hardship and laughter in a South-East London fish-and-chip shop
Kemp, Hilda2016
Audiobooks
In 1950s and 60s Bermondsey, the fish-and-chip shop was at the centre of the community. And at the heart of the chippy itself was 'Hooray' Hilda Kemp, a spirited matriarch who dispensed fish suppers and an abundance of sympathy to a now-vanished world of East Enders. For 'Hooray' Hilda knew all to well what it was like to feel real, aching hunger. Growing up in the slums of 1920s south-east London, the daughter of a violent alcoholic who drank away his wages rather than put food on the table, she could spot when a customer was in need and would sneak them an extra big portion of chips, on the house. With a cast of colourful characters - dirty ragamuffins, struggling housewives, rough-diamond gang members - Hilda's story is one of grit, romance, nostalgia and British endurance.
Main title:
A fish supper and a chippy smile : love, hardship and laughter in a South-East London fish-and-chip shop / Hilda Kemp and Cathryn Kemp.
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Edition:
Unabridged edition.
Imprint:
Oxford : Soundings Audio Books, 2016.
Collation:
7 CDs (8 hr.) : digital, stereo
Performers:
Read by Annie Aldington.
ISBN:
9781407961163 (CDs)
Dewey class:
942.1640855092TB942.164942.164942.1
LC class:
DA685.S7
Local class:
RTBACD
Language:
English
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BRN:
1548092
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