Originally Posted by garinda (Post 944372)

Can't all be as well groomed as Valerie Singleton.

Thought myself, quite a smart looking young chap.

;)

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 946308)

Footballer John Fashnu and his brother (I think he was a twin) were adopted and one committed suicide apparently! Kate Aidy was too!:cool:

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 946314)

I don't think St. Kate of the Battlefields would ever class herself as a style icon, and nor should she. She was first and foremost a reporter. A very good one.

She might dust off her combat jacket, spit on her hand, and try and flatten her hair, before giving a live report from some God forsaken war zone.

But that's about it.

Originally Posted by flashy (Post 978134)

if anyone is after any of Jeanettes books we have a few in the secondhand bookshop i'm working in, we don't have 'oranges are not the only fruit' anymore because i bought it yesterday but if anyone wants to borrow it then they can

Originally Posted by flashy (Post 978399)

SOME people like to OWN a book, this may be an alien concept to you seen as your mind is so mashed by all the drugs you take

Originally Posted by Atarah (Post 1012843)

A lady has been in touch from BBC3 doing research for a documentary about Jeanette Winterson. She is after knowing if anyone has any knowedge of the family when they lived in Water Street, and if there are any old fashioned 2 up 2 down houses left in Accrington area where they could do some filming (the more original features it has the better).

If anyone could help in any way, if they would like to pm me, and I will give you the contact details.

Thank you

Originally Posted by DtheP47 (Post 1013309)

My sister was in the same class at Accrington Girls High School. I gave her Jeanette's " Why be happy when you could be normal" to read. She said "well she was always a bit wierd at school" *chuckle*
Incidentally her latest book a fictionalised account of the Pendle Witches " The Daylight Gate" is a good read. Dark days over England.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 1013512)

When I was working on the Cornish lesbian farm, no one knew her.

Which is suprising, as it's a very tight group of women.