Personal Services Personal Services Personal Services is a 1987 British comedy film directed by Terry Jones and written by David Leland. It is the story of the rise of a madam of a suburban brothel which caters to older men. The story is inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne, the legendary "House of Cyn" madam. Christine Painter (Julie Walters) is a sexually naive waitress and single-mother who pays for her teenage son's tuition by renting flats to local call girls. She later becomes a call girl herself – joining her friend Shirley (Shirley Stelfox) and their "maid" Dolly (Danny Schiller)
Cynthia Crawford Thatcher's friend and companion. In the BBC drama "Margaret", Crawford was played by Jenny Howe and in the 2011 film "The Iron Lady" by Angela Curran. Cynthia Crawford Cynthia Crawford was the personal assistant to Margaret Thatcher. A member of the local Conservative party in Finchley, she was Thatcher's constituency assistant. She married Ray Crawford and lived in Worcester. She later helped run Thatcher's household throughout the latter's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and acted as her "confidante". She was known as "Crawfie" to the Thatchers. Crawford has given several interviews about her experiences, including details of