Dame Catherine Cookson

by

Joyce Hemsley

Series of famous
British names:

DAME CATHERINE COOKSON
was born in the north of England,
illegitimate child of a poor mother,
Kate. The area is now known as
"Catherine Cookson Country."
Her top-selling novels are read
throughout the world. She wrote
ninety books in all ~ too many to
list in this brief write. On my
own shelf, I have one book
containing three of her stories.
They are: The Parson's Daughter,
The Cultured Handmaiden and The
Black Velvet Gown.

During her lifetime, Catherine
moved to the more prosperous south
of England ~ met and married Tom
Cookson. He was a grammar school
teacher...Her honours include a
Doctorate, an OBE and she was created
a Dame. Also appointed as
Hon. Fellow of St. Hildas, Oxford.

Within the script of The Parson's
Daughter, is a poem and I quote its
first six lines:

"Softly, softly, the dove coos to me,
Softly, softly, from the branch of a
big oak tree. Would I have wings,
I'd fly to it there, then together
we'd gently take to the air, and soar
on the wind to the end of the sky...
O dove of great breast, why can't
I fly?"

Catherine Cookson died at the age
of ninety-one (1906 ~ 1998) and the
archives will overflow with her
great story.

NEXT?
Why don't you look at The Irish still remember
by: Francis Duggan
from: Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia

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