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THE
House of Women
You could have called Bramble House the
crowning glory of Bramble Lane; not just by
dint of being much larger and set in more spa-
cious grounds than any of its neighbours, but
also as the effective power-base of a matriarchal
empire.
Thc matriarch was Emma Funnell. The house
had been built for her as a wedding gift by
Patrick Funnell who, in the due course of time,
hed died thereby adding to her realm one of
the Tyneside town of Fellburn's most thriving
business concerns. Now into her seventies, and
with the avowed intent of living to be a hun-
red' Emma continued to keep the firmest of
hands on domestic affairs and commercial
intrests alike.
Under Emma’s roof and rule lived three more
Generations of the Funnell family, and all of
Them women. Widowed daughter Victoria had
Over the years become increasingly preoccupied
With hypochondria; granddaughter Lizzie bore
The brunt of most matters concerned with the
running of the house, as well as enduring a
loveless Marriage to Len Hammond, a bitter,
frustrated man with little kindness in him and
a good deal of suppressed violence; and great
granddaughter Peggy, a sixteen year old
schoolgirl trying to find the courage to drop a
bombshell into their midst. For Peggy had
become pregnant by one Andrew Jones, a
bright grammar-school lad, but otherwise an
unknown quantity from an entirely different
background This might be 1968, but the family
reaction was surely to be faced with great
trepidation; and as for her father, Peggy could
well anticipated his wanting to murder her.
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