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12 Brookside

12 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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