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Haylo (---.range86-128.btcentralplus.com)
Hiya Kitten! Having only read Elizabeth Gaskell's biography and seen way too many Bronte adaptations I was expecting a small, cold spartan house out on it's own amongst the windy moors- instead it was a modest but comfortable little house on the edge of a small village with some surprisingly rich furnishings, admittedly quite small; but it really did manage to bring Charlotte to life:- lots of hand-written letters on display including some handmade books about the lands they created and wrote about when they were young (in eye-achingly small print!). I've got to say I was expecting an original copy of Jane Eyre inside a glass case but that was another piece of wishful thinking, along with the wish that the authentic 18th century pub down the road (a favourite of Bramwells) didn't have a giant Costa Coffee sign on the outside, it kinda ruined the effect! Was impressed by how uncommercialised Haworth House itself was though, definitely recommend a visit if you're ever on our shores...