Edith Thompsett Refreshment Room Assistant at Reigate Station. Edith’s parents Albert and Henrietta Thompsett/Tompsett had the King’s Arms pub on Seaside Road,
Eastbourne. An impressive Victorian building, large enough to house mum and dad, Edith, her six sisters,
two brothers and a domestic servant. Edith was born around 1874 and growing up around the serving of
food and drink stood her in good stead. In 1891 she was a barmaid in a Brighton hotel on Queens Road, now
Princes House. A decade on Edith and her colleague Doris Jupe were lodging on Clarendon Road, Reigate
with the family of railway porter James Titchener. Edith and Doris were working at the refreshment rooms
at Reigate station. Unfortunately Edith’s data trail disappears here. She likely marries before the next census,
or perhaps boycotts the 1911 census (as Charlotte Marsh did).
