THE LIFE STORY OF ANNIE SARGENT

Chapter 4: Annie

James Thompson lost both his parents early Stable hand, coach boy, enlisted to fight the Boers becoming batman for Robert Baden-Powell Searcher for the London Railways offered a chance encounter with King George V’s scarf and the Head Butler’s door But most importantly, his future wife Margaret Harris was the daughter of the Head Gamekeeper at Felbrigg Hall As she came of working age, she was employed in the Gentleman’s home scrubbing floors Promoted to cook of a Lady’s household A missed train started the sparks of a friendship with her future husband

A chance meeting on a train station Lead to a life-changing journey on Demosthenes to a land of promise A delivery job for Schweppes marked the birth of their first daughter The second marked by the first of many small businesses