"This rose is not so fragrant as a summer flower, but it has stood through hardships none of them could bear: the cold rain of winter has sufficed to nourish it, and its faint sun to warm it; the bleak winds have not blanched it, or broken its stem, and the keen frost has not blighted it. Look, Gilbert, it is still fresh and blooming as a flower can be, with the cold snow even now on its petals. - Will you have it?" - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall facebook.
This is a blog about the Bronte Sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne. And their father Patrick, their mother Maria and their brother Branwell. About their pets, their friends, the parsonage (their house), Haworth the town in which they lived, the moors they loved so much, the Victorian era in which they lived.
zaterdag 11 oktober 2014
donderdag 9 oktober 2014
Halliwell Sutcliffe
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/
dinsdag 7 oktober 2014
Drew Barrymore in Ilkley and Haworth.
MOVIE star Drew Barrymore swapped the Hollywood hills for Ilkley Moor, where she has been shooting her latest film. The actress has been in Ilkley and Haworth filming comedy drama Missing You Already. The film, which is due for release next year, also stars Australian actress Toni Collette.
Sightings of the two stars have been reported on Facebook and Twitter, with people claiming to have spotted them filming and dining at the Cow and Calf Hotel on the edge of Ilkley Moor.
A photograph of Miss Barrymore posted on Facebook shows her in Haworth standing next to a bus with Bradford as its destination. It was taken by Phil Hooker who said: " its not often you see an lister on the Bradford bus!" The film's cast also includes Jacqueline Bisset, Dominic Cooper and Paddy Considine. Read more: thetelegraphandargus keighleynews
Sightings of the two stars have been reported on Facebook and Twitter, with people claiming to have spotted them filming and dining at the Cow and Calf Hotel on the edge of Ilkley Moor.
A photograph of Miss Barrymore posted on Facebook shows her in Haworth standing next to a bus with Bradford as its destination. It was taken by Phil Hooker who said: " its not often you see an lister on the Bradford bus!" The film's cast also includes Jacqueline Bisset, Dominic Cooper and Paddy Considine. Read more: thetelegraphandargus keighleynews
Christine Went has resigned as chairman of the Brontë Society
The Yorkshire Post informs that Christine Went has resigned as chairman of the Brontë Society council for urgent personal reasons, not before she bitterly criticised the 'agitators' inside the Society that are behaving 'irresponsably'. Council member Doreen Harris will be the new chairman provisionally: