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							                  BATTERSEA PAYS TRIBUTE TO JOHN BARRY

L   ast August, CAMRA South West London
    members attended the funeral of John Barry.
Only in his early fifties, John had suffered from
                                                     anyone who he thought deserved it. I checked the
                                                     modern usage of the biblical quote ‘salt of the earth’
                                                     and my source said that people who are salt of the
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma for some time and it          earth are decent, dependable and unpretentious.
looked for a while that he had beaten it. John was   That was John. He is deeply missed by family and
the schoolkeeper at the school where Chris           friends.
Cobbold teaches. Chris had recruited him to          The Branch will be suitably commemorating John’s
CAMRA many years ago and John helped Chris           life and contribution to CAMRA at this year’s
and the late Ted Higgins run a bar at GBBF for       Battersea Beer Festival, opening from Wednesday 8
several years. John went on to be Branch             to Friday 10 February.. Besides collecting for the
Membership Officer and Staffing Officer for the         Battersea Dogs’ and Cats’ Home, a cause that John
Battersea Beer Festival. For recent festivals he     strongly supported, the Festival will also be
drove the van and also helped on the door.           appealing for donations to a cancer charity in his
Underneath a no-nonsense exterior was a very kind    memory.
and generous heart. John never refused help to       Tony Hedger