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Charlotte Bronte’s Seaside Visits
Charlotte and Anne Bronte visited the Yorkshire Coast on several occasions during their lifetimes, their visits including Scarborough, Bridlington, Filey and other locations. Charlotte’s first ‘holiday’ took place in Bridlington, or Burlington as it was then called, in 1839. Sadly, just a decade later, in May 1849, her younger sister Anne died in Scarborough. Anne…
Read MoreScarborough Lighthouse
Scarborough Lighthouse on the Yorkshire Coast is a guiding light to sea farers and has been for over 200 years. One of the town’s iconic structures, Scarborough Lighthouse has been bombed, rebuilt and transformed during its lifetime. Here is a brief history of one of the town’s best-loved landmarks. Standing on the 18th century Vincent’s Pier,…
Read MoreWordsworth and the Yorkshire Connection
Daffodils. Mountain summits. Peaceful lakes. Think of these and you probably associate them with William Wordsworth and the Lake District, not Yorkshire. Wordsworth penned many of his well-known poems in the Lake District. He is arguably our most famous Romantic poet. Two Hundred Years Ago … Just over two hundred years ago, in 1822, an…
Read MoreA Love of Post Boxes
We See These Every Day We pass them most days. We use them regularly. We don’t truly notice them. What are we talking about?Pillar boxes. Or, to use their colloquial titles, post or letter boxes. By the end of this article, you’ll look at our trusty ‘pillars’ of (usually) red a totally different way. As…
Read More10 Years of Faith Young Writer!
Sometimes a work anniversary creeps up on you … I can’t believe Faith Young Writer (that’s me!) has been in business for 10 years! That’s a decade of hard graft supported by amazing, loyal clients. So many things have changed since 2014, too. I would like to thank everyone, past, present and future, who’s used…
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