Southern, Patricia

Patricia Southern was born in the Altrincham area and was educated at Altrincham County Grammar School for Girls. Armed with three A levels, she went to work in a Manchester bookshop and then at the public library at Sale, where an already developed interest in local history was fostered. She qualified as a librarian at what was then the Polytechnic of Newcastle upon Tyne, and after working in several libraries she returned to the Altrincham area as the Local Studies Librarian at Trafford Local Studies Centre. Whilst working full time she studied for an external degree of the University of Lon...