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12 Brookside12 Brookside, 12 Trumpington Road
History of 12 Brookside
1871 12 Trumpington Road
1901
John F Eaden
Isabella M
Lucy Fyson, 21, cook, b Manchester
Alicia L Hawkins, 25, housemaid, b London
Beatrice A Rooke, 28, parlourmaid, b Norfolk
1911
John Frederick Eaden, 61, solicitor, b Cambridge
Isabella Margaret, 62, b France
Louisa Betsy Howard, 47, parlour maid, b Essex
Lilian Reynold, 22, cook, b Cambridge
Ada Ellen Thompson, 17, housemaid, b Cambridge
Psyche appeared with the Cambridge Players aged 16.
1933
Letter to Constance Pyle 1933
1934 & 1935:
Isabel Margaret Eaden (OW)
Fiorella Cecil Altham (mother)
Psyche Isabel Joan Altham (daughter)
1935
Wedding of George Sheffield and Psyche Altham 1935 (bridemaid dresses by Constance Pyle) (Courtesy Christopher Pyle)
Wedding of George Sheffield and Psyche Altham 1935 (bridemaid dresses by Constance Pyle) (Courtesy Christopher Pyle)
Psyche died in 1945. In 1939 George, b 1910 and Joan [Psyche] b 1912, are living in Chelsea. George is the managing director of a cast iron foundry, Joan is a musical actress.
Psyche grew up as a dancer, performing from an early age. She appeared in various plays in the 1930s. After her marriage in 1935 she acted less often.
During World War 2 she put her racing car experience to practise and served in the Mechanised Transport Corps, reaching the rank of Commandant.
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