Alexandra Audrey Brettle (1937–2003), was a Black Country

Black Country

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 author of Scottish descent.
Educated at Halesowen Grammar School

Earls High School

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, she became a Salvation Army officer

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; before working for North Warwickshire Borough Council

North Warwickshire

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 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

Greenhaven Woodland Burial Ground

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. A collection of her writings was published posthumously, under the title The Clydebank Whistle.