Grasmere

Going to the Wordsworth House? Which one?

December 6, 2011

Wordsworth House, Cockermouth “We’re going to the Wordsworth House this afternoon.” “Oh good. You’ll enjoy that. Which one?” It’s easy to imagine that kind of conversation between Lake District visitors over a lunch table. Currently there are three houses with strong Wordsworth connections open to the public, and before long the three will be four. [...]

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The Lake Artists Society Summer Exhibition, Grasmere

August 22, 2011

THE LAKE ARTISTS SOCIETYANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION 2012 will be held in The New Hall, Grasmere, from 28th July to 5th September Opening hours 10.30am – 5.00pm daily The article below refers to the 2011 exhibition This afternoon a visit to Grasmere was rounded off well by a look around the 2011 Summer Exhibition of the [...]

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A Lancashire Surprise

February 12, 2011

This morning I decided to take a look at the visitor statistics for the Around-England blog, and got some surprises. The most visited places on the blog Previously, if anyone had asked me which had been the most popular items I might have guessed at some of my posts about the Lake District.  For example, [...]

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Grasmere Gingerbread

December 21, 2009

Next to the entrance into Grasmere village churchyard is an old house.  It was once a schoolhouse but in 1854 Wilfred and Sarah Nelson moved in with their family of two daughters, and this became the home of Grasmere Gingerbread. Sarah was at this time in her late-thirties, and had been employed in a number [...]

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Dove Cottage, Grasmere on Old Postcards

November 3, 2009

Many years ago I started to collect postcards, both old and new. Lake District postcards were a part of that. From time to time I go back to it.  Recently I was looking at an album containing several cards of Dove Cottage, Grasmere which 200 years ago was the home of the poet William Wordsworth.  [...]

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Grasmere Revisited

September 8, 2009

It is difficult to believe that already more than a month has passed since I spent an afternoon in Grasmere.  The Lake District memory is very fresh. It was a pleasant afternoon, dry but not too hot.  We had people with us who could not walk too far so we kept ourselves to the village [...]

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