Word: cookham
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sims were found guilty, fined ?25 for enticement, ?250 for libel and nearly ?400 for costs. Back in Old Barton, Cookham Dean, newshawks found Edith the General putting the kettle...
...little Berkshire village of Cookham Dean was a comfortable little house called The Twigs, which belonged to a Mrs. Skrine. Mrs. Skrine also had a Cook-General, a button-nosed treasure of an orphan girl named Edith Saville who was excellent at making jam and bottling fruits. Mrs. Skrine moved away from Cookham Dean, and lent Edith the General to Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Frederick Churchill Sim who lived 100 yards down the road in a house called Old Barton. Later Mrs. Skrine sold The Twigs to a Mr. & Mrs. Stretch, who promptly renamed it Applewood. Under any name Edith...
Kidnapping was bad enough, but in his pride Mr. Sim of Old Barton sent to Mr. Stretch of The Twigs (now Applewood) a taunting telegram accusing him of financial instability. The telegram passed through the village store where it was read by most of the gossips in Cookham Dean. Against Mr. Sim, Mr. Stretch promptly brought two suits, one for "enticement," the other for personal libel. Then for a year the case hung fire and bewildered Edith the General continued to work for the Sims...