BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26@brontebirthplace.com DTSTART:20260512T183000Z DTEND:20260512T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260508T135955Z URL:https://brontebirthplace.com/events/monthly-talk-irene-lofthouse-join- nursemaid-to-the-brontes-nancy-garrs-on-a-virtual-walk-to-see-keighley-thr ough-bronte-eyes/ SUMMARY:Monthly Talk: Irene Lofthouse "Join nursemaid to the Brontës\, Nan cy Garrs\, on a virtual walk to see Keighley through Brontë eyes" DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n&nbs p\;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nJoin nursemaid to the Brontës\, Nancy Garrs\ , on a virtual walk to see Keighley through Brontë eyes.\n\nSpeaker: Iren e Lofthouse (dressed as Nancy Garrs)\n\nDate: Tuesday 12 May 2026 6:30pm\n \n*PLEASE NOTE* Due to popular demand this talk will now be streamed live on Zoom. Please choose Standard for an in-person ticket and Digital for an online ticket. A recording will be sent out afterwards to all attendees.\ n\nWhy did the Brontës go to Keighley? How did they get there? Who did th ey visit? What was the town like at time: the people\, the shops\, the bui ldings? When would they make the journey?\n\nDiscover where they shopped\, heard and learned about music\, found out about electricity\, whooped wit h glee\, developed drawing and painting skills\, met and mixed with Keighl ey's movers and shakers as well as the swelling number of migrants to the town.\n\nBased on Keighley Library's 'In the footsteps of the Brontës' tr ail-booklet by Keighley Local Studies\, Nancy Garrs will add her own comme nts on the Brontë family she knew at Thornton and Haworth.\n\n \;\n\n Irene Lofthouse is a first-generation Yorkshire lass of Irish heritage who has been telling tales since childhood. She has careered around many inca rnations: caver\, consultant\, shoe-seller\, storyteller\, petrol-pumper\, publisher amongst many others – but stories have been integral to them all. A cultural historian/researcher\, writer\, actor\, Irene has appeared in a Ken Russell film\, at the Edinburgh Fringe\, featured on Radio 4\, B BC Sounds\, TV\, stage\, and at art/literature festivals performing her on e-woman plays or giving talks. She’s particularly interested in making v isible\, invisible or forgotten lives and voices\, in exploring new ways o f seeing old stories and collaborating with literacy\, historic agencies a nd universities to create accessible and fun learning resources. Co-founde r of two community theatre groups\, her poems and prose feature in many an thologies and she is a trustee of the JB Priestley Society\, a trustee of the Undercliffe Cemetery Charity\, a member of 26 Writers and The Friends of Bradford’s Becks.\n\n \;\n\nTickets: £10\n\nDigital Tickets: £6 \nDoors open: 6pm\nTalk commences: 6:30pm\nLocation: Brontë Birthplace\, 72 – 74 Market Street\, Thornton\, BD13 3HF\nLink to buy tickets here ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://brontebirthplace.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2025/12/Nancy-Garrs.jpg CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR