Mabel Ferrett

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Mabel Ferrett
Born
Mabel Frankland

(1917-04-30)30 April 1917 [1] [2] [3]
Died28 January 2011(2011-01-28) (aged 93) [1] [2]
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Poet, publisher, literary editor and local historian [1]
OrganizationThe Pennine Poets
SpouseHarold Ferrett [1] [2]
Childrenone [1] [2]

Mabel Ferrett (1917-2011) was a British poet, publisher, literary editor and local historian. She was one of the founders of the long-established Pennine Poets writing group. [1] She established the Fighting Cock Press to publish work by northern authors. [1]

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Personal life

She was born Mabel Frankland in Ossett, West Riding of Yorkshire. [1] She attended Ossett Grammar School and became a teacher. [1] [2] She married in 1947 and thereafter lived in Heckmondwike, also in West Yorkshire. [1] [2] Ferrett died in 2011 aged 93. [1] [2] [4]

Career

Ferrett started the Pennine Poets writing group in 1966 in Elland, West Yorkshire. [1] She founded the Fighting Cock Press in 1973. [1] She edited the journal of the Pennine Poets, Pennine Platform, between 1973 and 1976, and Orbis poetry magazine between 1978 and 1980. [1] [5] [6]

Her own poetry won awards including the Julia Cairns award for poetry from the Society of Women Writers and Journalists. [1] Her poetry was often on historical themes. [1] She also wrote for local magazines and newspapers, including The Yorkshire Post. [1] [5] Her historical novel about Chartism in the Spen Valley was dramatised on BBC Radio 4. [5] [7]

Ferrett worked at the Red House Museum in Gomersal and also as a teacher. [2] [5] During the war she taught under challenging conditions at Armley National School in Leeds. [1] [5]

She was a founder member of the Spen Valley Historical Society. [2] [5] She was particularly known for her work on the Brontës and their circle. [1] [4]

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