Molly Blackett
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Molly Blackett is the mother of the Amazons - Nancy Blackett and Peggy Blackett. Her Aunt Maria addresses her as Mary and her brother Jim Turner occasionally calls her Mops.
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[edit] Early life
Molly and her brother Jim were orphaned during their childhood and were brought up by their Aunt, Maria Turner. Not even the names are known for Grandfather Turner or Grandmother Turner.
Mrs Lewthwaite was Molly's nurse. As a child, Molly and her brother knew Bob Blackett (SD27), whom Molly later married.
Molly's Aunt Maria seems to have disapproved of the marriage or of some aspect of Bob's parenting (SD17). Bob later died but his daughters may have known him.
[edit] older or younger?
The books are not explicit as to which of Molly or Jim is younger. The Billies refer to the pair as Miss Turner she was then... [and]...Master Jim (SA13). In the convention of the times, oldest children would retain the title Miss or Master [surname] while subsequent children were called Miss or Master [first name] -- this implies that Molly is the older. In the Japanese translations Jim is described as being the younger brother to Molly Turner. Molly's name appears first in the inscription in the cairn on the Matterhorn.
[edit] What she's like
She is round, small, no taller than Nancy. Not a very good driver of Rattletrap (PP1).
In the Japanese translations, Molly is described as Jim's older sister.
[edit] Appearances
- Swallows and Amazons
- Swallowdale
- Winter Holiday
- Pigeon Post
- In The Picts and the Martyrs she is absent on a Scandanavian cruise to recuperate from influenza (PM1,30).
