Helena and Alison are very well educated and well mannered women which suggests that they have had a high education in the past. As they both have similar mannerisms, this also suggests that they were probably friends in at the same boarding school. They would have probably attended school during the 1940's where the wealthy families would send their children to expensive boarding schools to receive and education and learn how to behave properly; Their uniforms would have been similar to the image shown below.
Alison and Jimmy would have met after Helena and Alison left boarding school. Due to Jimmy's hatred towards higher class people, Helena and Alison would not have spoken or kept contact with each other as much. This is shown as Cliff has not met Helena before and is unaware of what Helena's behaviour is like.
This is a good start for a backstory, but, perhaps in addition to this, useful information to think about would be the relationship between Alison and Helena and how it possibly developed during their childhood.
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