Mabel Ferrett

Mabel Ferrett (1917-2011) was a British poet, publisher, literary editor and local historian.

[1] She established the Fighting Cock Press to publish work by northern authors.

[1] She was born Mabel Frankland in Ossett, West Riding of Yorkshire.

[1][2][4] Ferrett started the Pennine Poets writing group in 1966 in Elland, West Yorkshire.

[2][5] During the war she taught under challenging conditions at Armley National School in Leeds.