A CONNECTION with the Brontes leads Bill Mitchell to consider another Dales writer, dubbed A Man of the Moors. I HAVE for long been fond of visiting Haworth. An ancestor of mine, the Rev William Cartman, was an Anglican minister who moved to a parish adjacent to the one that was occupied by the Brontes. He got to know them well, had tea with the girls and, in due course - with the vicar of Bradford – officiated at the funerals of Charlotte and her father. He was also a Victorian headmaster of Skipton Grammar School. I have followed the Bronte trail to Top Withens and chatted with a characterful old farmer about the lives of moorland sheep. When Haworth and moorland are mentioned I also think, with great fondness, about the life and writings of Halliwell Sutcliffe. This interest began during the Second World War.
In the Herald days I became familiar with Linton-in-Craven, where Halliwell Sutcliffe and his wife had eventually settled. I bussed or cycled into Craven villages for news or lists of mourners at funerals. In those days everyone who attended a funeral got a mention in the newspaper.
In 1939, Norman contributed a piece about Halliwell Sutcliffe to the first volume of the Dales magazine. Henceforth, I looked with special interest at the attractive house by the beck which was the Sutcliffe home. Read more: cravenheraldMen_of_the_moors/
In the Herald days I became familiar with Linton-in-Craven, where Halliwell Sutcliffe and his wife had eventually settled. I bussed or cycled into Craven villages for news or lists of mourners at funerals. In those days everyone who attended a funeral got a mention in the newspaper.
In 1939, Norman contributed a piece about Halliwell Sutcliffe to the first volume of the Dales magazine. Henceforth, I looked with special interest at the attractive house by the beck which was the Sutcliffe home. Read more: cravenheraldMen_of_the_moors/
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