Cynthia Payne Cynthia Payne Cynthia Payne (24 December 193215 November 2015) was an English brothel keeper and party hostess who made headlines in the 1970s and 1980s, when she was acquitted of running a brothel at 32 Ambleside Avenue, in Streatham, a southwestern suburb of London. Payne first came to national attention in 1978 when police raided her home and found a sex party was in progress. Men paid with luncheon vouchers to dress up in lingerie and be spanked by young women. Police found 53 men at her residence, in varying levels of undress, which included "a peer of the realm,
Francis Payne the summer of 1898. Francis Payne Francis Payne was one of the men responsible for drafting the rules the London League and became London League members Thames Ironworks F.C.'s club secretary in 1897, succeeding Ted Harsent in the post. It is to be noted that the rules of the London League allowed "The Irons" to finish second rather than fourth owing to a "technicality". He was also involved in other Iron Works sports, including athletics and tennis. Francis Payne was replaced by the man he succeeded as the football club secretary, Ted Harsent, after Thames Ironworks had gained entry to