Haworth’s War Memorial is a stone cenotaph standing just off the road at the junction of Bridgehouse Lane, Station Road, Brow Road and River View. It stop is inscribed with battle honours for France, Flanders, Gallipoli and Mesopotamia:-

From southwest:-

From east:-

The dedication and names are for the Great War only:-

Edgar Asquith – James E Holmes:-

John Holmes – Lewis Roper:-

Arthur Rushworth – Joseph Wright:-

St Michael and All Angels Church, Haworth, contains the burial vault of the Brontë family. Patrick Brontë was the perpetual curate there from 182o-1861.

A side chapel commemorates his incumbency:-

Also inside the church are three war memorials/rolls of honour to remember the men of Haworth and Stanbury who died or served in the World Wars.

Great War Memorial:-

Roll of Honour for both World Wars:-

Wooden board Roll of Honour (for those who served?)

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:-

This was a return trip to Haworth.

Main Street, Haworth, looking down the hill. Taken by the Black Bull, Branwell Brontë’s favourite watering hole. In this photo the Brontës’ home at the Parsonage is behind and to the right:-

Further down Main Street:-

Looking back up from further down. This really shows the street’s steepness:-

Graveyard at Haworth Church, Parsonage in background.

It was the packed nature of the graveyard that led to the high degree of disease in the Victorian town, the highest in England. Water from heavy rainfall would flow down from the graves under/beside the church and down Main Street carrying germs to the populace. Eventually it was decided to plant trees and space out graves to help prevent this:-

Most letter cases in print works were untidy as the letters would be thrown in. The workers knew where they ought to go and worked on memory. This is a cleaned up example:-

Letter cases, printing blocks etc:-

Smail’s used to print the local newspaper the St Ronan’s Standard. This is a printing block of a front cover:-

Lithograph stones:-

A press:-

Chicago press:-

Heidelberg press:-

Wharfedale press. As I recall this was Smail’s first three-colour printing press:-

The conceit of a visit to Smail’s is that you are starting a printing apprenticeship. Apprentice Card cover:-

Inside of card:-

My apprentice piece:-

Inside St Andrew’s Church in Corbridge are two memorials to the men of Corbridge Parish who died in the World Wars.

Great War plaque:-

Second World War Roll of Honour:-

In addition to these there is in the lychgate of the church a plaque commemorating the Great War dead. The plaque is covered in perspex hence reflections:-

The Vicar’s Pele is a building which stands in the grounds surrounding St Andrew’s Church. It was once the vicarage for the church but now houses a pub!

St Andrew’s Church (stitch of two photos):-

Inside the church was an art installation by Keith Roberts MRSS, named Caporetto after the Great War battle also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo.

“Caporetto” installation information:-