I wrote to the facebook page of the Bronte Parsonage museum and asked about photographes of the new decorated Museum. The answer is: ""We're having some new pix shot shortly, then they'll be going up"". I really am surprised that there is not a big marketing campaign, with beautiful photo- and video material of the new situation. The re-opening was such a good moment to show ""the world"" what is going on.
Because I don't have new material I use a photograph of the old situation. I was looking for some Valentine material and came across this page:
Above is the room in Haworth Parsonage where the Bronte sisters lived and
wrote. Friend of Charlotte Bronte and fellow novelist Elizabeth Gaskell,
described the room as “…the perfection of warmth, snugness and comfort, crimson
predominating in the furniture.” With Valentine’s Day fast approaching I could
think nothing more appropriate than to take inspiration from the room where
Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights,
Villette and other love stories were penned, cozy and crimson
by the fire.
Look on this page for more CRIMSON colours, the colour Charlotte loved so much: Decorwrite.
The beautiful story of William Weightman and his Valentine Card.
In Feb 1840, about six months after his arrival, Ellen
Nussey came to the Parsonage for a three weeks stay. Neither she, nor the Brontë
girls had ever received a Valentine card; so it caused quite a stir on the
morning of February 14th. when they each received one. Of course, the culprit
was the scheming Weightman. In his usual mode of conduct, he had made a bold
attempt to add a little sparkle to the girls' lives, and in a vain attempt to
disguise his handiwork, had walked the ten miles to Bradford to post them.
He
had written verses in each of the Valentines; however, only the titles of three
of them are known, but these give a general idea of their content:
The girls were not to be fooled
by the Bradford post-mark, and soon realised that the chirpy curate was the
guilty party.
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