Her father was later revealed (by a biographer) to be Alexander Davies, a bigamist and gambler from Lanarkshire. Set along the Tyne on the Fifteen streets, Bridget sends a message home that she is coming home and that she is married. I thought from the blurb that this would be a romance set across race divides - which struck me as interesting.

The couple were childless and after four miscarriages she was admitted to hospital where it was discovered she had a rare blood disease that was to afflict her for the rest of her life. He was popularly known as “Ant” until he grew much bigger and became “Fly” (a larger insect than an ant). During the 90s, we couldn't get enough of Catherine Cookson’s world of family feuds and stormy affairs. The year's pass and Bridget and James live quietly rarely seeing friends accept for Tonythe orphan th McQueens took in who is secretly in love with Bridget but one night things come to a head Matt McQueen, still despising the young Rose-Angela and her father as much as ever, picks a fight with James, a fight which sees James almost kill Matt. John is accused to fathering the child of a local girl, with Mary’s parents immediately refusing her to see him again.

A considerable portion of Catherine Cookson’s books have been adapted into films, radio and stage plays. For the opening 1986 season in the Swan theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon he was a stalwart: Trevor Nunn directed Thomas Heywood’s The Fair Maid of the West (with Imelda Staunton as a barmaid turned pirate, Simon Russell Beale and Sean Bean) as a joyous Elizabethan romp; and he experienced the more sober-sided John Barton’s scrupulous textual excavation of Aphra Behn’s The Rover, alongside Jeremy Irons, Imogen Stubbs and Sinéad Cusack. But as an engineer at Affleck and Tate he was worth his weight in gold; and the manager, Vanessa's father, knew it but hated to admit it. Hassan discusses marriage again and Rose says that she will think about it and perhaps try to love him.

Her father, a man of fine character who desires only to live decently and at peace with his fellow men, is driven away from his wife and child by the insane jealousy of Bridget’s brother Matt. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Katie Mulholland became a stage musical in 1983, composed by Eric Boswell (Ken Hill wrote and directed). Some of the best television produced in our region was Tyne Tees’ adaptations of the gritty novels of Catherine Cookson. The mother is then left to be sort of romanced by her adopted brother - but this isn't expanded on in any form and they neither get married nor live together.The historical elements are compelling, and John and Mary are perfect as leads in this, one of Catherine Cookson’s most renowned novels. Stage: Wrote "The Fifteen Streets," performed at the Playhouse Theatre in London, England, with Owen Teale, Nigel Miles-Thomas, Margo Stanley, Peter Marshall, Patrick Holt and Frank Harling in the cast. When Rose arrives at work one morning, Michael is about to paint a black boxer and Rose realizes that this is her father, James. One morning when she visits her father, he has gone but the Arab is there and insists that her father is staying with him and she must follow him.