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Originally Posted by katex
Oh please Garinda, don't tempt me to remark on this statement 
I think fair comment by Tealeaf, I still feel very hurt by her comments and, as he said, her memories of Accrington has afforded her the benefit of a good deal of wealth.
Lots of things don't ring true to me though, and I would like to know more.
i.e. Garinda, you talk about an exorcism .. don't know much about the Pentecostal Church, but could this not be just some sort of ceremony that is adopted by this religion ? Like Christenings and Confirmations, which always seem a little extreme to me. Not saying for sure, you understand, just asking.
Also, she talks about only a handful of books in the house .. well, we couldn't afford many in my house when I was little and read the ones that were there over and over again.
Also, she talks about having to go and sit in her outside loo to read same and yet her article is about snuggling under the bed sheets to read them.
She attended Accy High .. so did I .. lot earlier than Jeanette did of course, they had an excellent library and could take them out to read at home.
Dunno ? some anomalies here which have grabbed my attention and that's not bad, as all very interesting at the end of the day. |
When the book was dramatised and afforded Accy and herself a lot of publicity, her mother denied what had been seen by many as an auto-biography by her daughter and said a lot of the things she wrote never happened. I know who I am more tempted to believe. I remember there was an interview with her mother in the Observer in the late '80's, if anyone has the patience to try and find it in the archives.
I think she has every right to describe Accrington anyway she likes. It's her memories of the place not ours.
Like I said earlier lesbianism wasn't very visible in the 70's to a young girl growing up in Accy then. The early 70's were pretty grim throughout Britain with strikes, power cuts and Morecambe and Wise considered the height of as entertainment on the box.
I found it grim here and from the age of seven knew I would have to move away if I wasn't going to be considered a freak.
Thity years later this freak doesn't give a f**k and happily moved back home.