THIS Edwardian postcard, from the earlier years of Bronte tourism, shows predictably Charlotte, the Bronte Waterfall on Haworth Moor, and more unusually the sisters' birthplace at Thornton, an important Bronte site often overlooked.
By the 1890s the growing Bronte cult was being virtually monopolised by Haworth, the subject of some fervid writing: "On the northern side of one of the wildest and bleakest moors of Yorkshire, stands the little village of Haworth, consisting of a church and a few grey stone cottages..."
Despite a proposal to declare Bradford "the centre of the Bronte country", the official Bronte Museum opened above Haworth's Yorkshire Penny Bank in 1895. Haworth's hostelries and cafes advertised their proximity to "the Bronte Museum and Church". Burra's Luncheon and Tea Rooms catered for picnic parties, while the Station Road Livery Stables supplied transport for pleasure outings.
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