This insight was published in 2014.
We were all sorry to hear this morning of the death of Leicester author Sue Townsend, at the age of 68.
Sue was the author of the Adrian Mole series of books, and had been a regular subject of ours over the years.
Recently we photographed her for the Sunday Times. This to accompany the release of her book “The Woman who went to bed for a year”.
Always vivacious and welcoming, photographing her was an experience, and we have several autographed books as a result!
Surprisingly to me, She lived a modest existence in Leicester for a successful author.
Leicester born and bred, Sue Townsend left school at the age of 15 to work in a factory. Consequently she wrote her first novel whilst living on the city’s Saffron Lane estate.
Considering her work captured the zeitgeist of the Thatcher era, I am surprised she wasn’t honoured.
I suspect that this is the result of her modest non-London centric life.
Certainly we will miss Sue, and her passing is a sad loss for her family and all of Leicester.
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