| Mabel Ferrett | |
| Birth Name: | Mabel Frankland |
| Birth Date: | 30 April 1917[1] [2] [3] |
| Birth Place: | Ossett, West Riding of Yorkshire |
| Nationality: | British |
| Occupation: | Poet, publisher, literary editor and local historian |
| Organization: | The Pennine Poets |
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| Spouse: | Harold Ferrett |
| Children: | one |
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]
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]
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]