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After Laura Stuart died in 1920, the sisters' memorial to her was to acquire
Suckling Hall, a merchant's house of 14th century origins, and to convert and extend it for use as a hall, including cinema use. Again designed by Edward T. Boardman, Stuart Hall was presented to the City of Norwich in 1925.
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In 1895 Colman's mother's health collapsed, and consumed by grief at her own father's death, she died. The following year her brother Alan's health also collapsed. Diagnosed with tuberculosis, Laura and Helen accompanied Alan to Egypt for treatment by the dry desert heat. A few weeks later father
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after the vessel on the Nile on which Alan took his last journey. Launched in 1905, the
Egyption themed interior was designed by brother-in-law architect Edward T. Boardman. The sisters hosted both the famous (the conductor
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business. Her mother was a member of the Cozens-Hardy family, as established in law in
Norwich as the Colmans were in business. Both families were, by religious temperament, non-conformist, and, by political inclination,
107:); shortly after the wedding Jeremiah died. The effect was to render Ethel and Helen wealthy, independent women. Ethel was one of the first women to be a deacon in the Congregational Church. She was a director of the
72:, a 12th-century Benedictine convent. Once restoration was complete, the family moved from Carrow House to Carrow Abbey. The House then became the administration offices for Colman's mustard works (
83:. She was soon joined by her sister Helen. The sisters, who would become lifelong companions, returned to Norwich and rejoined the social life expected of upper-class young ladies of the time.
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On 31 October 1923, it was announced that Ethel Colman had agreed to become the first woman to become Lord Mayor of
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inscribed the visitors' book with a musical score) and the working class (staff from the mustard works, hospital nurses, and their own domestic staff).
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The first of the sisters' philanthropic endeavours was a memorial to their brother Alan. This took the form of building a traditional
Norfolk
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