Flight Time / September 2016

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SPEND TIME CONCIERGE
YORKSHIRE – THE
BRONTË SISTERS
(LEEDS BRADFORD)
Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë
contributed some of Britain’s best-loved
classical fiction during their short lives in
the 19th century, such as Jane Eyre
(Charlotte), Wuthering Heights (Emily)
and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall(Anne).
The Brontë sisters lived in the Yorkshire
town of Haworth, in the parsonage, along
with their father Patrick, an Ango-Irish
clergyman, and their brother Branwell, a
painter and writer with an alcohol and
opium addiction. The house is now open
to the public, serving as a place to learn
more about its previous inhabitants and
the reclusive lives they led. Events are
held throughout the year, with 2016
marking the bicentenary of Charlotte.
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STRATFORD-UPON-
AVON – WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
(BIRMINGHAM)
“Celebrating Shakespeare is at the
heart of everything we do,” says
the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust,
and this is pretty true of the town
of Stratford-upon-Avon itself. A
huge tourist attraction for fans of
the most famous writer in the
English language, the town has
several properties linked to the
Bard – his birthplace, his daughter’s
home, his mother’s house in the
nearby village of Wilmcote and his
wife, Anne Hathaway’s cottage.
Admire the beautiful thatched and
timber-framed buildings of this
quaint town, see a play in one of
Stratford’s famous theatres, eat in
one of the many restaurants, cafes
and pubs named after
Shakespearean plays, or take a
stroll along the Avon for beautiful
views of Holy Trinity Church, his
final resting place.