The most literary place in the world is an old vicarage in Haworth. Many countries in the world are proud enough to boast one major author. Well, this West Yorkshire village boasts three: in the 1840s, the parsonage was home to Emily, Anne and Charlotte Brontë. Which means this one building (pop. 6) has produced…
Category: Yorkshire Ridings
Middlesbrough: Playing bridge
Middlesbrough, Yorkshire’s northernmost industrial town, is home to an iconic Transporter Bridge (pic) – one of only eight or so in the world still operating. It’s quite a metaphor for the area, and possibly for me: heavy, old-tech, struggling to grind on into the 21st century. Transporter Bridges were constructed around the turn of the…