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--- Jackie and Terry met
at school in Brighton and went into showbusiness together
when they were 16. They appeared together in 'Bless The Bride'
on tour for two years, then toured Carousel for two years,
during which Jackie met her future husband Edmund Hockridge
who was playing the lead. Terry, Jackie and Edmund were then
in 'The Pajama Game' together at the Coliseum theatre, London.
Separately Terry was then in 'Wonderful Town' and 'Damn Yankees',
and Jackie was in 'Bells Are Ringing' and 'Wedding In Paris',
also in the West End. Terry and Jackie decided to form a song
and dance act called The Taylor Maids in 1957. They performed
on TV in 'The Joan Regan Show' and 'The Tommy Trinder Show'.
They worked again with Tommy Trinder in Pantomime at Wimbledon
Theatre, and in cabaret all round the country, and for the
American Forces in Wiesbaden, Germany. In Variety they performed
with Shirley Bassey, Des O'Connor, Edmund Hockridge, and 'The
Billy Cotton Band Show'.
When Jackie
married
Edmund
Hockridge
in 1960
The Taylor
Maids
split
up and
Jackie
retired
to have
a family.
In 1988
Jackie
and Edmund
formed
The Hockridge
Family
Show with
two of
their
sons,
touring
all over
the British
Isles
for four
years.
Jackie
and Edmund
carried
on working
together
in Cabaret
and concerts
until
Edmund
retired
at 80. Sadly
Edmund
passed
away in
2009.
Terry
went into
pantomime
as Principal
Boy with
Danny
LaRue
as one
of the
Ugly Sisters
and Lonnie
Donegan
as Buttons.
Danny
then asked
her to
sing in
his club
'Winstons'
off Bond
Street
where
she met
her husband
Barry
Cryer
who was
writing
and performing
in the
show.
She married
Barry
in 1962
and retired
to have
four children. The
Taylor
Maids
reformed
in 2010,
after
exactly
50 years.
They are
currently
giving
talks
about
their
lives
- in and
out of
the theatre
- with
songs
and anecdotes.
They are
now planning
cabaret
dates
and are
performing
their
show at
the Edinburgh
Fringe
in August
2010. Jackie
is also
giving
talks
on the
life and
career
of Edmund
Hockridge
--- click
here for
details | 
