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Emily Joyce Allingham
Emily Joyce Allingham (born 25th June 1913) was a filmmaker and member of the Women's Royal Naval Service (Wrens) during World War Two. She was the sister of crime fiction writer Margery Allingham.

Early life:
Her parents were Herbert and Emily Allingham and, as well as her sister Margery, she also had a brother named Philip. They were a literary family and lived in various locations around London and the East of England throughout Allingham's childhood.

Before WWII, one obituary claims she travelled with her brother Philip as a “huckster and fortune-teller” where she utilised her “good looks and nimble intelligence”.

Filmmaking:
Allingham was an active filmmaker from the mid-1930s to the late-1950s. As an amateur filmmaker, Allingham mainly produced films about the village Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, where her sister and brother-in-law lived in D'Arcy House, and where she lived from the 1950s till her death. These included films documenting the local flower show, a travelling circus, and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, which are available to view at the East Anglian Film Archive, and were mostly filmed on a Zeiss Ikon 16mm cine camera.

In 1947, Allingham produced a promotional film for the WRENS, titled A Day in the Life of a Wren. This sound film featured a female commentator narrating over scenes showing the day-to-day life of the Wren's offices in Portsmouth, including the accommodation, the offices, leisure activities, and an evening dance at the local Navy, Army and Airforce Institutes (NAAFI) club.

After the war, Allingham continued to make films of village and home life at Tolleshunt D'Arcy.

War-time work:
During WWII, Allingham trained as a wireless telegraphist with the Wrens, eventually becoming a Third Officer. She was posted to several different locations, including naval posts at Dover, South Africa and Singapore.

Later life and death:
After WWII, Allingham followed careers in dog-breeding, publishing, and photography. She also took over the family business, P & M Youngman Carter Ltd.

In 1955, Allingham moved to live in Tolleshunt D'Arcy with her sister Margery and brother-in-law Pip. This was reportedly after Margery had suffered a "breakdown", and Allingham continued to support and care for her sister as she suffered with further physical and mental ill health until Margery's death in 1966. After Pip died a few years later, Allingham moved out of D'Arcy House into a bungalow nearby in the village called The Studio. She helped curate her sister's legacy and became involved in the Margery Allingham Society and assisted with the creation of the Margery Allingham room at the Maldon & District Museum in 1996. She was also a silent investor in several West End plays.

Allingham died in 2001. In an obituary, Roger Johnson described her as the grande dame of Tolleshunt D’Arcy, and a woman who was “polite and gracious… no doubting her authority… [with] a robust sense of humour".

Filmography:
Sea Rangers (c.1930)

Cricket Parties (c.1937-50)

Chapel v Tolleshunt D’Arcy (c.1930s)

Circus Story (1953)

A Day in the Life of a Wren (1947)

A Technical Job for Me (c.1948)

Tolleshunt D’Arcy Flower Show (1952)

Coronation Year (1953)

Flower Show (1953)

Tolleshunt D’Arcy in Coronation Year (1953)

Robert Brothers’ Circus in Tolleshunt D’Arcy (1953)

Margery Allingham at Home (c.1955)