Fourth Brontë Pilgrimage to Leck, Cowan Bridge and Tunstall

An announcement for today, June 30, and this weekend:
BRONTË WEEKEND and FOURTH BRONTË PILGRIMAGE
Join us in the beautiful Lune Valley, North Lancashire to celebrate LECK, COWAN BRIDGE AND TUNSTALL’S connections with the BRONTË FAMILY

Friday 30th June, Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd July 2006

A full programme of Bronte inspired events including:-
Displays in TUNSTALL and LECK CHURCHES throughout the weekend
Illustrated talks on the Leck Fever Graves, the Rev Carus Wilson and Brocklebridge (Tunstall) Church

FRIDAY, June 30– ‘An Evening with Jane Eyre’ in Tunstall Church – including Orson Welles celebrated film. (In the right hand picture you can see Turnstall's Church tower and south porch The room above the south porch is where the Brontë sisters ate their Sunday lunch according to Lancashire Churches website. Picture by Tony Boughan)

SATURDAY, July 1- (10am-6pm) Flower Festival at Tunstall and a Georgian Childhood Display at Leck. Children’s Sports and Games, stalls and refreshments in Leck School Field.
SATURDAY EVENING - An Evening of words and music from the period with international concert pianist John Clegg.

SUNDAY, July 2 – THE BRONTE PILGRIMAGE – 1662 Prayer Book church services and the walk between Cowan Bridge and Tunstall as described by Charlotte Bronte in her novel ‘Jane Eyre’. The return walk to Leck (1.15pm) will be followed by Evensong at Leck Church (left-hand picture. Picture by Mrs. J. Dalby. Source). Talks given in the churches on July 2 and the Flower Festival continues at Tunstall (1pm-6pm).

The weekend marks the attendance of the Brontë sisters at the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge and its appearance, as Lowood School, in Charlotte's novel Jane Eyre.

For further information, tickets etc please contact Eleanor on 01524274259 or Jane on 015242 74260

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