The Brontë Parsonage Museum contains several items of apparel relating to the Brontës.

Charlotte Brontë’s wedding dress:-

Charlotte’s wedding bonnet and veil:-

Charlotte’s cotton bodice:-

There are other items of memorabilia.

Sealing wafers and Charlotte Brontë’s writing desk:-

Charlotte on a plate:-

Brontë handwriting:-

Brontë possessions:-

Statue of the three Brontë sisters in the Parsonage garden:-

The Brontës were not just writers. They also painted.

Portrait of Anne Brontë by Charlotte Brontë:-

Sketches by Charlotte:-

Charlotte’s paintbox and three works:-

Engraving of Geneva by Anne:-

Portraits by Branwell:-

Portrait of Charlotte by J H Thompson:-

Portrait of Brontë siblings:-

Piano and chair:-

Stairwell:-

Patrick Brontë’s bedroom:-

Branwell Brontë’s room:-

A bedroom:-

Parsonage from garden:-

Model of original building; inside Brontë Parsonage Museum:-

Patrick Brontë’s study:-

Dining room:-

Curate’s room:-

Passage to kitchen:-

Kitchen:-

Stairs:-

Some of Hugh Miller’s possessions:-

Fossil finds:-

More fossils:-

Mudstone:-

Hugh Miller was a pioneering geologist and fossil collector who was born in Cromarty.

The cottage of his birthplace is now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland.

Exterior:-

The actual cottage is to the left above, the building next to it is a museum.

Cottage interior:-

Garden to rear showing thtched roof of cottage:-

Garden:-

Sculpture in garden:-

Restoration projects:-

Model of old Windermere ferry, with cargo of horse-drawn carriage:-

There is a large Boathouse at the Jetty Museum containing several boats which once plied the lake’s waters:-

The lake from the Museum’s jetty:-

Sailing boat:-

Painting of boats on Windermere:-

Exhibits and memorabilia:-

A more modern launch:-

White Lady II. This sank 120 feet to the bottom of the lake in 1937 and was salvaged in 1982:-

Henry Segrave’s seat from Miss England II, plus lifejacket, helmet and goggles 1930, stopwatch holder, windscreen housing and cleat from Miss England II.:-

Canfly; the boat is unique because it was built for the engine:-

Rob Roy canoe, designed for solo trips:-

The Jetty Museum, Windermere, like Blackwell, is run by Lakeland Arts. It covers the hostory of boating on the lake over 2oo years.

We found the contents very interesting, the experience better than we had expected.

The most imposing exhibit when you enter the main part of the museum is the motor launch, Branksome, whose rear is the first bit you encounter:-

Prow of Branksome:-

Tea setting inside Branksome:-

There is also a model of Branksome in a glass case beside a photograph of a hydroplane on the lake:-

Speedboats on wall behind Branksome:-

Glider and speedboat:-

Hanging on the wall just by the entrance door (and seen behind Branksome’s funnel in photo 3 above) is Beatrix Potter’s Rowing Boat:-

The Roxy Cinema is fairly prominent as you pass through Ulverston to or from Barrow-in-Furness, standing as it does by the main A 590 road:-

Note rule of three, and banding, plus flagpole.

Entrance, also the entrance to the Laurel and Hardy Museum:-

From south, Art Deco lettering, banding on white background and rule of three in windows:-

View from north:-