Dear Ingrid,
I did not mention the programme in the Bulletin, because I did not know
about it until I saw the tale end of the drama and then watched Perkins'
documentary.
Best wishes,
Sean
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From: "Ingrid Pollard" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: Revealing Anne Lister Mon 31st May 10.30pm BBC2
> We can but hope, but I was not surprized it was not mentioned.
> But in the documentary that followed I was interested to see that at Anne
> Listers' 'first relationship' while at a girls boarding school, was with a
> a Madras born Anglo-Asian, Eliza Raine.
>
> Ingrid Pollard
>
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 9:30 pm, Angela Allison wrote:
>> Is Jeanette Winterson simply being coy when she states, in the Radio
>> Times article, 29th May-4th June, that Anne Lister was born into a
>> military family? In fact Lister was born into a slave-owning family. The
>> Listers of
>> Shibden Hall, West Yorkshire, which Ann Lister inherited in 1826,
>> included Louisa Ann Lister, who lived with her son Charles & daughter
>> Anne.
>> Louisa had been born in Jamaica or on the island of St Vincent.
>> James Lister was a Liverpool cotton broker and William Fane Lister
>> owned a 420 slave plantation in Jamaica.
>>
>> I guess I can only hope that the actual programme, will touch on the
>> true source of Lister's wealth, a wealth, which enabled her to live an
>> unconventional life.
>>
>> Angela Allison
>> Coventry, UK
>>
>>
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