tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post5290205752677693373..comments2024-03-28T20:33:10.911+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: 1845Yorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-4452353372614755732014-02-27T15:03:32.241+00:002014-02-27T15:03:32.241+00:00What a beautiful post. I feel as if Yorkshire is ...What a beautiful post. I feel as if Yorkshire is the most wonderful place! I imagine it is a difficult job to keep the bracken from invading the farming spaces each year. <br />Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-44062399760539403982014-02-27T00:32:08.128+00:002014-02-27T00:32:08.128+00:00The fact that the butler was leering suggests ther...The fact that the butler was leering suggests there may be a genetic connection.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-85703921585218164722014-02-27T00:30:00.729+00:002014-02-27T00:30:00.729+00:00Hello Steve. You are right. It's Anne who'...Hello Steve. You are right. It's Anne who's buried in Scarborough. Charlotte is in the family vault at Haworth. I wonder what arrangements you yourself have made for when you shuffle off this mortal coil. Where''s the coil going to go?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-82644167302217568422014-02-26T23:44:41.243+00:002014-02-26T23:44:41.243+00:00I thought it was Anne who was buried in Scarboroug...I thought it was Anne who was buried in Scarborough?©gloophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07016915384670394498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-83002185960664284902014-02-26T21:52:35.007+00:002014-02-26T21:52:35.007+00:00My paternal grandfather came from Yorkshire so may...My paternal grandfather came from Yorkshire so maybe he was from the butler's line? Father was always telling us that as a baby he lived in a stately home, maybe he wasn't fibbing after all...<br /><br />I studied Wuthering Heights at O Level and, I think I may have mentioned this to you, our teacher, Mr Hayes, was forevermore our image of HeathcliffHippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2380222356852487852014-02-26T09:50:42.787+00:002014-02-26T09:50:42.787+00:00Oh, and Arian. This was the walk I took after tell...Oh, and Arian. This was the walk I took after telling you that your post had inspired me to chuck my boots in the car and get off.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-88062764542404602302014-02-26T09:49:44.583+00:002014-02-26T09:49:44.583+00:00GB - Personally, I dislike the prim and proper tit...GB - Personally, I dislike the prim and proper tittle tattle of Jane Austen's world - tales of the fortunate classes in their girdles. In contrast the Brontes examine the undercurrents of life. There's more reality, more melancholy, more struggle if you can get by the barrier of Victorian language.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-29382446327767602992014-02-26T09:46:23.623+00:002014-02-26T09:46:23.623+00:00When next in Scarborough I shall make a point of v...When next in Scarborough I shall make a point of visiting Charlotte's grave . I never saw it before.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-41522874756731351412014-02-26T09:45:40.141+00:002014-02-26T09:45:40.141+00:00Helen - The moorland vegetation you can mainly see...Helen - The moorland vegetation you can mainly see is bracken which dies in the autumn, goes brown and then re-shoots in the springtime so that if I took those same shots in say August it would be a sea of green. Heather commands the top of the moors.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-12848385776590874202014-02-26T08:38:03.305+00:002014-02-26T08:38:03.305+00:00That first photo is a corker YP and so is the one ...That first photo is a corker YP and so is the one with the house looking over the .....heather ?<br />Wuthering Heights was the book we studied in my Senior year ( Year 12 these days ). It's the only Bronte book I've read though I enjoyed it way back then. the moors always sounded so brooding and mysterious Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-76585394824674331742014-02-26T08:36:41.604+00:002014-02-26T08:36:41.604+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04801049953035653441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-28640512874253380642014-02-26T07:52:35.369+00:002014-02-26T07:52:35.369+00:00I always get the Bronté sisters and Jane Austen al...I always get the Bronté sisters and Jane Austen all mixed up. I tried reading one or two of the lesser novels but didn't take to them. I do like the quote at the start though. GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-46587940093767790202014-02-26T06:20:15.236+00:002014-02-26T06:20:15.236+00:00My sister must read this. She's always been ve...My sister must read this. She's always been very fond of the Brontes, and lent me (non-fictional) biography about them some years ago.<br />I have often stood at Charlotte's grave in the grounds of St. Mary's in Scarborough.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-62575484811618240072014-02-25T21:30:36.538+00:002014-02-25T21:30:36.538+00:00You could send that to the Sheffield paper and I a...You could send that to the Sheffield paper and I am sure others would enjoy it too. Do they have a colour section on the weekend? Perfect read with your photos.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592150238891296272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-64287958199619844412014-02-25T19:22:56.600+00:002014-02-25T19:22:56.600+00:00If the truth be known, I probably wouldn't hav...If the truth be known, I probably wouldn't have read any of the Bronte novels if it hadn't been for A level English Literature - first as a student and later as a teacher. The language can often be hard-going.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-58056861465349280052014-02-25T19:20:09.167+00:002014-02-25T19:20:09.167+00:00Local people are all aware that Charlotte Bronte o...Local people are all aware that Charlotte Bronte once visited North Lees Hall but I thought I'd let my imagination and a little research take that awareness one stage further.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-13106360736657962812014-02-25T18:11:54.722+00:002014-02-25T18:11:54.722+00:00A very creative little post today YP. A very creative little post today YP. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592150238891296272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-88988561709439569032014-02-25T13:59:34.121+00:002014-02-25T13:59:34.121+00:00I really appreciated this though I have to admit t...I really appreciated this though I have to admit that I've never finished a Bronte novel. I have never managed as much as a full chapter.<br /><br />Grand pictures to illustrate Charlotte's wanderings. ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.com