I RECENTLY featured an Ipswich character photographed in the Victorian period.
David Kindred
I RECENTLY featured an Ipswich character photographed in the Victorian period.
He was a street trader sharpening blades on a grindstone transported on a hand cart. He looked like somebody from a Charles Dickens story. I asked readers if they could recall any other Ipswich characters from the past.
Online readers of Kindred Spirits recalled a chap who sold the Evening Star beneath the Lloyds Avenue arch in the centre of Ipswich during the 1950s.
Elizabeth Montgomery who now lives in Gosport said: “Can anyone remember Kenny who sold the Evening Star underneath the Lloyds Avenue in the 1950s, Kenny was a funny character, he always wore a long black 'mac' and a bowler or Homburg hat!”
Mary Clay (nee Fletcher) of South Carolina, USA, added: “I do remember Kenny, with his long black coat and Homburg hat, his last name was Barker. He was a newspaper vendor for many years on the Cornhill. I believe he grew up in one of the many small streets off Princes Street, near the Cattle Market. Can you tell us more about Kenny?
Write to Kindred Spirits at the Evening Star.
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