Margaret Fairchild

**Margaret Mary Fairchild** (4 Janairu 1911 - 28 Afrilu 1989), wacce aka fi sani da **Mary Teresa Sheppard, Miss Shepherd** da **MT Sheppard**,  mace ce 'yar Birtaniya da ba ta da gida.

An nuna rayuwarta a fim ɗin 2015 mai suna *The Lady in the Van* wanda Alan Bennett ya yi, inda Dame Maggie Smith ta fito a fim ɗin. Smith ya taɓa yin wasan kwaikwayo na 1999 mai suna iri ɗaya da kuma wani shiri na rediyo na BBC Radio 4 a 2009. Fairchild ta kasance mai buga piano da kuma mai hidimar addini a cocin Katolika.

## Tarihin Rayuwa

An haifi Margaret Fairchild a shekarar 1911 a Hellingly da ke Sussex, 'yar Harriett ( née Burgess; 1879–1963) da George Bryant Fairchild (1866–1944), mai binciken ƙasa da kuma mai duba tsafta. Ɗan'uwanta shine Leopold George Fairchild (1908–1994). 

A cewar ɗan'uwanta, wata baiwar mawaƙin piano, a kusan shekarar 1932, Margaret Fairchild, mai matsakaicin matsayi kuma mai iya magana, ta yi karatu a École Normale de Musique de Paris da ke Paris a ƙarƙashin ƙwararren Alfred Cortot, kuma an ce daga baya ta buga wani wasan kwaikwayo na yawon buɗe ido ; [1] [2] duk da haka, ba ta bayyana a cikin tarihin wasan kwaikwayo na Proms na BBC ta yanar gizo ba. [3]

A shekarar 1936, a matsayinta na Mary Teresa, ta zama sabuwar shiga a Convent of the Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls da ke kan titin Gloucester a Regent's Park (daga baya Makarantar Japan a Landan kuma yanzu Makarantar North Bridge House ),  wani ɗan gajeren nesa da Gloucester Crescent inda ta shahara da dawowa shekaru da yawa bayan haka. Daga baya a shekarar 1936 ta kasance a St Joseph's Priory a kan Harrow Road West a Dorking . 

A shekarar 1939, Fairchild 'Yar'uwa ce ta addini kuma malamar makaranta a Makarantar Katolika ta St Gilda da ke Yeovil, Somerset .  Ɗan'uwanta ya ba da labarin cewa a gidan sufi, an tilasta wa Fairchild ta bar sonta ga kiɗa da wasa domin ta mai da hankali kan addininta kuma ta bar umarnin bayan wani rikici. 'Yan uwanta mata masu zaman kansu sun bayyana ta a matsayin "mai jayayya".

A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, an horar da Fairchild ta tuka motocin asibiti ta hanyar ATS, wanda ya fara ƙaunarta ga motoci da tuƙi.  Daga aƙalla 1950 zuwa 1957 ta zauna tare da mahaifiyarta a 98 Elgin Crescent a Notting Hill . 

Mutum mai iko a kusan  tsayi, Fairchild ta ƙara zama mai rashin tsari a cikin halayenta kuma tana ta jayayya akai-akai game da addini tare da mahaifiyarta, wacce take zaune da ita. Ɗan'uwanta ya sanya mata a Asibitin Banstead, wani asibitin masu tabin hankali, inda ta tsere daga ciki. Za ta gudu daga wasu asibitocin masu tabin hankali daban-daban har sai da ta zauna a gida na tsawon shekara ɗaya da rana ɗaya wanda hakan ya nuna cewa tana da ikon rayuwa ba tare da kulawa ba.  Daga baya ta yi hatsari lokacin da motar da take tuƙi ta buge wani mai babur wanda daga baya ya mutu. Fairchild ta yi imanin cewa ita ce ke da alhakin hatsarin kuma ta bar wurin ba tare da ba da cikakkun bayanai ba, daga baya ta rayu cikin tsoron kamawa.  A wannan lokacin ta canza sunanta zuwa Sheppard don gujewa gano ta kuma ta koma kusa da gidan sufi a titin Gloucester inda ta ɗauki alƙawarinta. Duk da haka, ba ta da alaƙa da mata masu tabin hankali, ko kuma su da ita. &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

## Bennett da Gloucester Crescent

A ƙarshen shekarun 1960, Fairchild, wacce ta kira kanta 'Miss Mary Sheppard', ta fara ajiye motarta ta Bedford a gaban gidajen da ke cikin Gloucester Crescent mai wadata a Camden Town inda za ta ɓata wa masu gidaje masu kyau rai ta hanyar ajiye motoci a gaban gida sannan ta tara jakunkunan filastik cike da shara a kusa da motar har sai da aka ce ta ci gaba. Bayan wani lokaci motarta mai launin rawaya ta motsa a kan hanya har zuwa shekarar 1971 ta tsaya a wajen gidan marubucin wasan kwaikwayo kuma marubuci Alan Bennett,  wanda ya ce game da ita, "Tana nan a gaban tagata a lokacin da nake aiki. Mutane kan damu ta. Nakan fita na gaya wa waɗannan mutanen su tafi. Wannan ya ɗauke hankalina daga aikina, kuma a hankali ya kai ga lokacin da ya fi mini wahala in yi aiki fiye da yadda ya kamata, kuma hanya ɗaya tilo ta karya wannan yanayi ita ce a gayyace ta cikin motar, inda babu wanda zai dame ta." Bennett ya ƙara da cewa, "Tana da wahalar so. Ba ta taɓa yin murmushi ba, ba ta da barkwanci, siyasarta ta bambanta da tawa... Kuma duk waɗannan abubuwan sun sa ta zama mai zafin rai." Duk da haka, ya bar ta ta ajiye motarta da ta lalace na ɗan lokaci a kan ƙaramin hanyar shiga gidansa da ke 23 Gloucester Crescent a Camden, yana tsammanin za ta tafi nan da 'yan watanni.

## Manazarta