tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20896212.post6244535205594788807..comments2024-02-19T06:19:51.517+00:00Comments on The Brontë Parsonage Blog: Oxenhope turbine refused permissionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20896212.post-83444853797709475002013-02-23T10:22:14.734+00:002013-02-23T10:22:14.734+00:00On receipt of the monthly magazine 'The Dalesm...On receipt of the monthly magazine 'The Dalesman' it was interesting to read about a Bronte connection.An article by former editor Bill Mitchell told how he had met a niece of the local composer Handel Parker who had strong connections with Haworth.Apparently the niece believed that Patrick Bronte had conducted the marriage ceremony of her grandparents and that she was told that Charlotte Bronte called at the Parker home to play the harmonium. ( Do we know if C played the piano?) Handel Parker's famous hymn tune 'Deep Harmony' was composed six years after the last Bronte died. B. Skiletnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20896212.post-72701670218494001752013-02-22T21:43:55.413+00:002013-02-22T21:43:55.413+00:00Your readers may be interested in an article that ...Your readers may be interested in an article that appeared in the 'Telegraph and Argus' today saying that the Bronte birthplace has once again changed hands. A private buyer has purchased the property at a cost of £120,000B. Skiletnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20896212.post-21523587673764913792013-02-17T13:58:23.200+00:002013-02-17T13:58:23.200+00:00How strange! Perhaps it depends who is asking for ...How strange! Perhaps it depends who is asking for permission.B. Skiletnoreply@blogger.com