Jeanette Winterston - famous novelist - Page 14

Atarah · 10-09-2012, 17:27

Doug from Bispham posted this poem by Jeanette Winterson in 2006. I have never seen it before.

Accrington where did you go
Why did you change?
What did you do with the memory of my childhood?
Where went the warmth of mother hood

So many son, lost to the guns,
So many daughters, God brought us
So easily parted, the consumption taught us
The misery that dank mills brought us

Accrington where did you go
Your cobbled Streets
Bleak back yards
Unlit paths to memories roads

Deathly dark Pits that the Devil strode
Bleak graves where the grass as grown
Broken widows, broken stone
I miss you Accrington, you where my home

Atarah · 10-09-2012, 17:27

Does anyone on Accyweb live in the Water Street area.
If so, would you mind sending me a pm. Thanks.

Atarah · 11-09-2012, 21:40

Well, well, well! I have just made a "discovery" - way back in 2004, when I started the thread about Jeanette Winter(t)son, I, unknowingly spelt her surname incorrectly!

I have just been looking at some photos I took earlier this year along Blackburn Road, showing the new properties that have sprung up. Why oh why didnt I connect the newly named "Winterson Street" as being named in honour of Jeanette! It MUST be named after her, surely too much of a coincidence? What do you think?

katex · 12-09-2012, 14:51

I think you are correct, Atarah ... well spotted ..

Wonder what the other roads are called ? Hey, there's a Dawson Close near by ... LOL.

Atarah · 22-10-2012, 11:29

Have just bought this book for a relative, its rather good!
Written by Jeanette Winterson.

DtheP47 · 22-10-2012, 20:57

Must be a typo...?
Picky as you know I am...Atarah...

Deathly dark Pits that the Devil strode
Bleak graves where the grass as grown
Broken widows, broken stone
I miss you Accrington, you where my home

susie123 · 19-11-2012, 14:16

She is on Radio 4, this Friday 23 November at 11am, in a programme about the Pendle witch trials.

BBC Radio 4 - The Curse of Pendle

mobertol · 19-11-2012, 14:31

My aunt and uncle told me they saw her in Accrington, she was there for a photo shoot outside Peel Park at the beginning of October. Has anyone read her latest book about the witches -a friend told me it's a bit gruesome...

AccyMad · 20-11-2012, 22:34

I read this book, The Daylight Gate, but was really disappointed with it to be honest - I'd read a lot of hype about it and pre-ordered it so I'd get it on the release date but wish I hadn't bothered - I much preferred the book 'Mist Over Pendle' which I read years ago. If anyone wants the book to try for themselves I'll happliy give it away, pm me if interested

mobertol · 21-11-2012, 12:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by AccyMad

I read this book, The Daylight Gate, but was really disappointed with it to be honest - I'd read a lot of hype about it and pre-ordered it so I'd get it on the release date but wish I hadn't bothered - I much preferred the book 'Mist Over Pendle' which I read years ago. If anyone wants the book to try for themselves I'll happliy give it away, pm me if interested

Oh dear -that bad!

Michael1954 · 01-12-2012, 16:53

She is on television on Tuesday 4 December: 10.35pm on BBC1.

lindashanks2 · 02-12-2012, 00:31

Wonder if she will mention Accrington.

Michael1954 · 02-12-2012, 00:43

The blurb in the Radio Times says she "returns to the scene of her extraordinary childhood in Lancashire".

wadey · 02-12-2012, 22:31

Thanks Michael

Nearly thirty years after her triumphant debut novel, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson returns with Alan Yentob to the scenes of her extraordinary childhood in Lancashire. She was adopted and brought up to be a missionary by the larger-than-life Mrs Winterson. But Jeanette followed a different path: she found literature, fell in love with a girl, and escaped to university.

BBC

Greeny · 05-12-2012, 11:12

I watched "Imagine " last night and yes Jeanette did return to her roots.200 Water St, she sat on the doorstep as a lot of her childhood was sitting on that very step. Visited Accrington libary and eventually went to the Burnley Road cemetry where she saw her (adopted ) mums grave for the very first time , she was taken aback with the headstone saying wife and mother, as her adopted parents had disowned her many years ago as her being a lesbian they could not accept , as they were very strong christians, or that is how she put it across. Interesting programme but how our streets looked so clean and empty.