<sod>In the company of a member of staff, Frankie began to drink and became an alcoholic.  Gradually girls were withdrawn; her new school was on the verge of collapse, finally closing in 1936.  She moved to London to look after an invalid uncle, the former Chaplain of Clovelly-Kepplestone.  Maurice Browne tells how she served prison sentences and attempted suicide.  In fact, she was found guilty in 1940 of selling furniture which did not belong to her and was admitted to [[Holloway (HM Prison)|Holloway]], where she went straight into the infirmary.  Subsequently she was placed on probation, on condition of residence at a [[nursing home]] for alcoholics where she remained for over a year.  She then took a post at an aircraft factory, in charge of ordering spares; she did this successfully until stresses brought about a relapse.  She died “having lost he will to live” after a serious abdominal operation in the early 1950s.<eod>
<sod>In the company of a member of staff, Frankie began to drink and became an alcoholic.  Gradually girls were withdrawn; her new school was on the verge of collapse, finally closing in 1936.  She moved to London to look after an invalid uncle, the former Chaplain of Clovelly-Kepplestone.  Maurice Browne tells how she served prison sentences and attempted suicide.  In fact, she was found guilty in 1940 of selling furniture which did not belong to her and was admitted to [[Holloway (HM Prison)|Holloway]], where she went straight into the infirmary.  Subsequently she was placed on probation, on condition of residence at a [[nursing home]] for alcoholics where she remained for over a year.  She then took a post at an aircraft factory, in charge of ordering spares; she did this successfully until stresses brought about a relapse.  She died “having lost her will to live” after a serious abdominal operation in the early 1950s.<eod>