The Whisky Exchange - New Products (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The traditional Christmas Bell's decanter, this year with company founder Arthur Bell's picture on the side and a short history of the man printed on the box. Price: £59.99 Inc. VAT
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... frequent visits to Haworth where he bought items from Charlotte Brontë's widower, the Rev Arthur Bell Nicholls. So keen was Law to make sure the items were not mistaken for worthless artefacts he went to the trouble of installing metal plaques, engraving the words "Desk belonging to Charlotte Brontë. Displayed in memory of W.Law Esq" on the George III mahogany...
Hamster's Wheel (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
LGBT people born today: 1924 – Jeanette Schmid – Czech Whistler – Died 9 th March 2005 1926 – Jackie Forster – UK Presenter / Reporter / Actress / Activist – Died 10 th October 1998 1939 – Arthur Bell – US Journalist / Author / Activist – Died 2 nd June 1984 1949 – Brad Davis – US Actor – Died 8 th September 1991...
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... engraved portrait of Charlotte Mr Hart’s great grandfather was the nephew of Mary Anna Bell, the second wife of Arthur Bell Nicholls, Charlotte’s husband who married her in 1854 and lived at the Parsonage until 1861. Ann Dinsdale, Bronte Parsonage Collections manager, said the items, especially the written documents, were extremely valuable. She said: “It’s...
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The Brontë Parsonage has kindly sent us the following press release and images: New Brontë Treasures Arrive in Haworth A remarkable cache of new Brontë treasures have recently been donated to the Brontë Parsonage Museum by a private owner living in Manitoba, Canada. The items were given to the museum by Mr Tony Hart, whose great grandfather was the nephew of Mary Anna Bell,...
