In Remembrance of
Kathleen
“Kit” Bailey nee Taylor
1911 - 2007
It is with great sadness that I have to tell you of the passing of my
Mother
Kathleen “Kit” Bailey, formerly Taylor, of East Fen Common, Soham.
Kit
had reached the great age of 96 and had outlived her Brother and
Sister, Roy and Dorrie. They were the children of Kate and Robert
Taylor and Grand Children of Robert Fenn Taylor, who started the very
first Cinema in Soham in Clay Street and was also reputed to have built
the first Bicycle in England. Kit spent a very happy childhood in Soham
and had so many close friends in the Village, of which now, only one
remains. She is Mrs. Kit Addison nee Leonard, whom is also 96. She
lived on the corner of Brook Dam Lane and Bridge Street, but now lives
in Lowestoft.
Mum regularly attended St. Andrews Church, where
she met her husband Cecil Bailey, a member of the Church Choir and who
also ran the Church Sunday School. He was from Downfields and he also
founded the “Soham Village Dance Band”, in the 1930’s, which was very
popular in Soham and the surrounding villages.
Right up to the end, Mum often spoke about Soham with very
great affection. She was a true “Fen Tiger”.
Richard Bailey.
