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)
Jessie Payne the introduction of equal suffrage in 1928. Jessie Payne Jessie Payne (nee Avery) (1864-1933) was part of deputation of working class female members of the East London Federation of Suffragettes (ELFS) that visited Prime Minister H.H. Asquith in June 1914 seeking votes for all women. Born in Bethnal Green, Jessie and her sister were brought up by their maternal grandparents, both shoe makers, since their mother, who had spent some time in the workhouse, had remarried after the death of her husband. Jessie learnt to sew boots at the age of ten, having been assisting her grandparents from a young