12 Brookside

12 Brookside, 12 Trumpington Road

History of 12 Brookside

1871 12 Trumpington Road

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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

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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

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Psyche appeared with the Cambridge Players aged 16.

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1933

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1934 & 1935:

Isabel Margaret Eaden (OW)

Fiorella Cecil Altham (mother)

Psyche Isabel Joan Altham (daughter)

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1935

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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