Anne of the Borders: The Story of Anne Hepple, Author, 1877-1959 - by Mary Rawnsley & Wendy Bell Scott
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Written to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Anne Hepple, novelist, who lived most of her life in Northumberland and Berwickshire.
Her books, which often feature thinly-disguised local places have been read and enjoyed worldwide.
Print Version Published 2009.
Mary Rawnsley
Mary Rawnsley was born in Glasgow and first began to write for her School magazine. Her varied working experience includes nursing and teaching. After marriage, she returned to writing and soon articles, poems, children’s and adult stories began to appear in magazines and local newspapers. Some of her stories – both for children and adults, have also been broadcast on Radio Scotland and other stations. Mary is retired and lives in the Scottish Borders.
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Anne of the Borders - Mary Rawnsley
Anne of the Borders
The Story of
Anne Hepple, Author.
(1877-1959)
Mary Rawnsley
&
Wendy Bell Scott
A Blue Button Publication
Smashwords Edition
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Copyright 2012 Mary Rawnsley, Wendy Bell Scott
and Blue Button Publications.
Heatherytops Painting,copyright Jean Curtis.
Back Gate of the Allanton House, photograph copyright Jacqui Adams.
Additional Photography by Wendy Bell Scott
Cover design by Bluebell.
Editing and Layout by Bluebell.
Print History
First published in 2009
by Blue Button Publications,
Berwick upon Tweed TD15 2RH.
Print version ISBN: 978-1-907131-10-3
Figure 1. The Lane south from Heatherytops and (inset) Anne Hepple.
Contents
Introduction
Family Background
The Batty Family
The Dodds Family
The Stepmothers and their Families
Another Year of Goodbyes
Education
Adult Life
Pursuit of a Career
Marriage and her Own Family
The End of an Era
The Years Pass and a Return to Writing
Clues in the Dedications
The Later Years
Endpiece
Books by Anne Hepple
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the following people for their help with researching and preparing this book.
Francis Cowe, Chris Green, Linda Bankier at Berwick Record Office, Mrs M. Metcalfe, Mrs K. Bambrick, Erica Bamford, Jean Curtis, Jacqui Adams, and Kevin Graham
Illustrations
The lane from Heatherytops and insert: Anne Hepple
The view east from Heatherytops
Scremerston Parish Church
The surviving wall of Berwick Primitive Methodist Chapel.
Heatherytops (Artist’s Impression)
Tweedmouth Parish Church
The former Bankhill United Reformed Church
Allanbank, Castle Terrace, Berwick
Berwick Parish Church
Marygate (High Street), Berwick, c. 1903
The upstairs flat, Castle Terrace, Berwick
Back gate of the House at Allanton
St Aidan’s, Spittal
Anne Hepple with her dog
Figure 2. The view east from the end of Heatherytops Steading. A view Anne Hepple would have known.
Introduction
It was in the lovely area known as The Scottish Borders and North Northumberland that Anne Hepple spent most of her life. In these remote places she walked and studied the wild life. Many of her books were set there and the country springs to life under her pen. Dotted over the moors and hills are the little farms and cottages where the stalwart Borderers were busy with their everyday lives.
Who could fail to recognise Breckan as Berwick-upon-Tweed in Piper in the Wind? Berwick is also called Aidensford in The House of Gow.
Underpinning the romance of her various novels was the down-to-earth traditional work of the country women. Anne had a wide knowledge of the ways of the countryside. She was well acquainted with the work on the farm. But how did she