Aunt Ashley
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Ashley "Ash" Baker |
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Former sponsor |
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| Gender | Female |
| Date of birth | About 1964 |
| First appearance | Chapter 27 |
Aunt Ashley is a trans woman who sponsored a boy in the 2005 intake.[ch. 31] Beatrice describes Ashley as "almost a sister".[ch. 28]
Ashley is white and dyes her hair blond; Beatrice describes her as "attractive".[ch. 27] She has large breasts and is not above joking about them.[ch. 28]
Ashley was already staying in Teri and Linda's home when they took in Beatrice in 1988, and already at least jokingly called them her "mums".[ch. 27] She continued to live with them until 2003, when Linda died.[ch. 28] As of 2019, she is still close with Teri and may still be living with her.[ch. 31]
When Beatrice first met her, Ashley was studying for her A-levels and intended to woodwork;[ch. 27] by 1994 she was working for an insurance company.[ch. 28] She was subsequently outed by a male co-worker, ending her career. Soon after, she decided to become a sponsor in the first modern intake as an outlet for her anger towards men; she retired from sponsorship once her anger had been exhausted.[ch. 31]
Ashley is still well-respected at Dorley Hall in 2019; Christine, Indira, and Jane all call her "Auntie Ashley".[ch. 31] Christine says she was "instrumental to the early design of the rebooted programme".[ch. 31]
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Notes
- It is not known whether Auntie Ashley retired after her first subject graduated or if she stayed on afterwards.