Elsie Jane Jinks (1906-1993) was born on 9th August 1906 at Badsey, the tenth of 11 children of Alfred George Jinks and his wife, Lucy Sarah Ann. Elsie grew up at Beulah House on Bretforton Road. She entered Badsey Council School in September 1911 aged five and left on 30th August 1920 aged 14. Elsie married George O Hopkins in Birmingham in 1933. She died in Birmingham in 1993.