Alexandra Audrey Brettle (1937–2003), was a

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author of Scottish descent.

Biography

Educated at Halesowen Grammar School, she became a Salvation Army officer; before working for

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until her retirement. In retirement, she began to write actively, and was a founder of the North Warwickshire Writers Group. After her death in 2003, her ashes were interred in

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. A collection of her writings was published posthumously, under the title ''The Clydebank Whistle''.

References

1937 births 2003 deaths English people of Scottish descent People from Rowley Regis Brettle Audrey English Salvationists 20th-century English women writers 20th-century English writers 21st-century English women writers 20th-century Methodists 21st-century English writers {{UK-writer-stub