My husband and I will be in York for a week this June. he has a friend who is planning on taking us there during our visit.
The Young Brontes was the first "real" biography I ever read and on which I had to do a book report. I remember reading about the miniature books they wrote, the poverty in which they lived, and that the chimney of their house collapsed! Important stuff!
I think York is a distance from Haworth. We went to Leeds and took a small choo-choo to Keighley and then a cab into town. Gorgeous little place with very friendly people, excellent hotel restaurants and you get to hang out at Branwell’s favorite pub, The Black Bull, I think it’s called.
Keighley has recently been the subject of a grooming scandal. When we visited in the late 90s, it was fine.
I don’t think, btw, that the Brontes lived in poverty. It’s true that the town was quite poor but Patrick Bronte made a decent salary, had a nice house which opened up onto the moors. They had servants. But the girls and Branwell had to go out and earn a living. And that’s when all the bad troubles began. When they were home writing, they were a happy family.