Posted by Jock on September 05, 2006 at 09:39:56 from 87.105.81.146 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Amazons' class (Was The S&A Films posted by PeterH on September 05, 2006 at 09:18:54:
I nevertheless like Prue's theory that he was a Westmorland or Cumberland yeoman farmer. 'Blackett' is a name found in those counties, across the classes. He would have given Nancy her instinct to 'get stuck in'. And certainly Maria Turner would not have approved of her niece marrying a farmer. And while we're at it, what's the theory on Molly Blackett's mother and father.
Speculation on the Turner/Blackett history is a perennial subject on TarBoard. If we pool together the best of all that has ever been posted on the subject we have the framework of an interesting prequel. I can just hear Peter H grinding his teeth, How does Jock define "best"? Easy, Peter, it just has to pass the test of your razor sharp logic.