Forrester, Fanny (F)

Surname: Forrester
Forename(s): Fanny
b. 1852. d. November 1889. Nationality: English.
Working-class Manchester poet. Daughter of Irish immigrants. Worked in factories. Father, stonemason Michael Forrester, died when she was eight. Mother was poet Ellen Forrester (1828-1883), to whom Fanny was close. Published widely in periodicals, including Quiver, Ben Brierley’s Journal, Nation, Chambers’s Journal. Address in the Chambers’s Journal ledgers variously given as 27 Lancaster St, Cross Lane, Salford (for poem published on 20 December 1879; NLS Dep 341/371), 34 Crown St, Clarendon Rd, Salford (29 April 1882; NLS Dep 341/369), 20 Beech St, Clayton Lane, Openshaw, Manchester (22 December 1883; NLS Dep 341/369), 15 Holroyd Place, Pendleton, Manchester (2 May 1885; NLS Dep 341/369), 137 Grey Mare Lane, Bradford, near Manchester (12 December 1885; NLS Dep 341/369), 139 Grey Mare Lane, Bradford, near Manchester (21 January 1888; NLS Dep 341/370). Additional biographical information: Boos 237-41; Colman 85-6. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 30
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
The Poor Man’s Darling. A Tale of Hard Times 1871-11-18 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6799
Christmas Chimes 1879-12-20 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7105
May Blossoms 1882-04-29 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7499
Sing, Little Bird. A Christmas Carol 1883-12-22 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7674
“Not Lost, But Gone Before” 1884-01-19 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12797
“Not Beautiful!” 1884-03-15 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12805
Angel Visitors 1884-04-05 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12815
Spring in the Alley 1884-05-24 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12823
A Last “Good-Night” 1884-08-02 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12833
The Dawn of Peace 1884-09-13 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12839
Hope On, Hope Ever 1884-11-29 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12852
Parting Words 1884-12-13 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12854
The City Waif 1885-01-03 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12857
A Woman’s Soliloquy Before Her Mirror 1885-02-14 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12864
To a Brother Poet 1885-03-07 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12867
A Sister of Mercy 1885-05-02 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12875
Sisterly Sympathy 1885-06-13 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12935
At the Gate 1885-08-29 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12946
Christmas-Tide 1885-12-12 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12960
Spoken in Anger 1886-05-01 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12978
The Poet’s Treasures 1886-06-19 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12984
His Only Friend 1887-01-01 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12880
Friendship’s Message 1887-07-02 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12906
Only a Little Cross 1887-08-20 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12914
The Sleepers. A Contrast 1888-01-21 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13015
To Spring. A Sick Girl’s Invocation 1888-02-17 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13023
A Song of Summer 1888-07-14 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13040
The Blacksmith and the Daisy 1888-11-24 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13059
A Summer Memory 1889-04-13 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13079
A Song of Youth and Age 1889-06-01 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13086