Kate Carney was an English

England

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 singer and comedienne who played the music hall

Music hall

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s in London

London

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Catherine M. -Kate- (Carney?) was born in Southwark, London in 1869 . She first appeared as Kate Carney at the Albert Music Hall in Canning Town

Canning Town

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, singing Irish songs. She was, however, more famous for her Cockney

Cockney

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 songs, and became known as the Coster Comedienne. She appeared in the Royal Variety Performance

Royal Variety Performance

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 in 1935, and, following the death of her husband, became the lessee of the Grand Theatre, Clapham Junction in her own right. Carney continued to perform until just before she died in 1950 , at the age of 80.

She married George Barclay (b.1868 Lambeth), a commission agent, in 1886, and had at least 5 children all born in Newington, including:

• George (b.1887)
• Richard (b.1889)
• William (b.1891)
• Harry (b.1893)
• Kate (b.1899)

She is buried with her husband and a son, in Putney Vale Cemetery

Putney Vale Cemetery

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(Plot D5 no 47) . She was also the mother-in-law of the Canadian dancer, Gladys Mavius.

Songs

• Are We to Part Like This, Bill
• Three Pots a Shilling
• Sarah
• A Donkey Cart Built for Two
• Here's To An English Tar
• Mother, I Love You
• Stand Up For The Rose
• There's A Nice Little Home A-Waiting

External links

• Review of Kate Carney at Hammersmith Varieties Theatre, March, 1897 - The Era, London, Saturday, 6 March 1897, p.18c/d at Gabrielle Ray's website
• Sing Us One Of The Old Songs webpage - A Guide to Popular Song 1860-1920 by Michael Kilgarriff