Telling the tales of the Rotherhithe Babes : Telling the tales of the Rotherhithe Babes
/ Mental health in later life
It has been more than a year now since I first met with the Rotherhithe Babes, a group of southeast London cockney women in their late 80s and early 90s, sitting across from one another, reminiscing about the time Eileen had dressed up as a 'washer woman' to jump on top of Theresa's husband and embarrass him.