by Pip Granger
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‘Spot’
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‘She brings the East End to life’
Barbara Windsor
NOT ALL TARTS ARE APPLE
A cafe in post-war Soho is a strange place to bring up a child. Nine-year-old Rosie is used to being with a motley group of grown–ups – Mamma Campanini at the deli, Madame Zelda (Clairvoyant to the Stars), Sharkey Finn (a clever lawyer, but bent as a two-bob watch), Paulette (who teaches ‘French Lessons’) – and the mysterious Perfumed Lady, who is Rosie’s real mum, and who, one day, might want to reclaim her …
THE WIDOW GINGER
It is 1954, and Rosie and her beloved Auntie Maggie are opening up their cafe in Old Compton Street when the Widow Ginger comes to call.