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Alexandra Audrey Brettle (1937–2003), was a Black Country author of Scottish descent.

Biography

Educated at Halesowen Grammar School, she became a Salvation Army officer; before working for North Warwickshire Borough Council 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 Greenhaven Woodland Burial Ground. A collection of her writings was published posthumously, under the title The Clydebank Whistle.

References

1. "Tributes" (PDF). Salvationist. London. 6 December 2003. p. 18. OCLC 16509876. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011.
2. Librarything.com page on The Clydebank Whistle. Retrieved 6 July 2010.

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