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:20251218T200305Z 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\n&n bsp\;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nJoin nursemaid to the Brontës\, Nancy Garr s\, on a virtual walk to see Keighley through Brontë eyes.\n\nSpeaker: Ir ene Lofthouse (dressed as Nancy Garrs)\n\nDate: Tuesday 12 May 2026 6:30pm \n\nWhy did the Brontës go to Keighley? How did they get there? Who did t hey visit? What was the town like at time: the people\, the shops\, the bu ildings? When would they make the journey?\n\nDiscover where they shopped\ , heard and learned about music\, found out about electricity\, whooped wi th glee\, developed drawing and painting skills\, met and mixed with Keigh ley'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' t rail-booklet by Keighley Local Studies\, Nancy Garrs will add her own comm ents on the Brontë family she knew at Thornton and Haworth.\n\n \;\n\ nIrene Lofthouse is a first-generation Yorkshire lass of Irish heritage wh o has been telling tales since childhood. She has careered around many inc arnations: 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 appeare d in a Ken Russell film\, at the Edinburgh Fringe\, featured on Radio 4\, BBC Sounds\, TV\, stage\, and at art/literature festivals performing her o ne-woman plays or giving talks. She’s particularly interested in making visible\, invisible or forgotten lives and voices\, in exploring new ways of seeing old stories and collaborating with literacy\, historic agencies and universities to create accessible and fun learning resources. Co-found er of two community theatre groups\, her poems and prose feature in many a nthologies 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\nDoors open: 6pm\nTalk commences: 6:30pm\nLocation: Brontë Birthplace\, 72 – 74 Market Street \, Thornton\, BD13 3HF\nThis talk will take place in person in the Posh P arlour.\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