#Wainhouse Tower

[thefollyflaneuse]

Spike Milligan: 'Follies of the Wise'

As the festive season approached in 1970, families would have pored over the special edition of the Radio Times to see what treats the three television channels could offer. If on New Year’s Eve had they walked across the room to warm up the set, and twiddled the knob to find BBC One, they would have seen a programme called Follies of the Wise presented by Spike Milligan. The writer, actor and…

[andyqby19]

Nice and steady does it

So, yesterday, after waiting over an hour for a pointless phone call with a doctor who’s never met me and going through the usual garbage you have to do these days, take some painkillers, an hours relief with a gel is good, etc, etc, I have eventually been referred to a physio with my hip. Is it just me or do GP’s who could be seen in person before the pandemic, now hide behind a telephone and…

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[whatdoesshedotothem]

Tuesday 2 August 1836

7 ¼

12

no kiss heavy rain about 5 am and afterwards very small driving rain and F53° now at 8 20 Mr. Adam to come to A- at 10 this morning - we shall both pay him our law bills - annoyed at their charging me both procuration money and attendances - took the bill to York (had received it 20 May) Mr. Gray marked with x the following items that ought not to be charged at all supposing P- and A- my stewards -

‘Instructions for and drawing advertisement for letting Hilltop farm       5.0. x

‘1836 January  Fair copy for the printer and attending him there with and examining proof   4.6  x

Paid for handbills and dispersing Town and country                              15.0

February  Instructions for advertisement for making reservoir in Shibden Hall  land   same and fair copy for the printer     6.0 x

Attending printer there with and examining proof       3.4   x

Paid for handbills and dispersing        11.6

 against the following Mr. G- made a x and observed

Several attendances upon you and William Wainhouse Esquire both at Washer lane and H-x as to the loan of a sum of money when it was agreed that he should lend you £4000 on their bond at 4 ¼ per centum     1.0.0 x

May 12th Letter and clerk to you there with to inform you Mr. Wainhouse had given notice to the Bank when the money would be required   3.6 x

Instructions for bond    6.8 x

Drawing and engrossing ‘Bond and attendance’ (written in pencil by J. Gray) same or at the utmost 1.11.6’   1.1.0 x

attending execution and payment of money    6.8.

Procuration for as allowed   10.0.0

the above bill has done me great service - this and other considerations made me continue Washington in the stewardship, and determine to employ Messrs. P- and A- as little as possible in future - my law-bills will, I hope, be on the decrease - breakfast at 9 - Booth and one mason at the new cellar - Wood + 3 (Matthew Samuel and 1 of Joseph’s men) at the West-tower cellar digging - Charles and James Howarth sawing up deals (6) for railing off the meer-head - out about - till off with A- to Hipperholme quarry at 1 ¼ - had Booth there § - back in 2 hours at 3 ¼ - found Mr. Harper in the north dining room - with Mr. Harper (left him ¼ hour at luncheon) from 3 ½ to 6 ½ - then ¼ hour about and came in at 6 ¾ - dinner at 7 - coffee - A- did her French - with my aunt and read the paper till 9 ¼ - sat 1/2 asleep by myself afterwards till 9 25 at which hour F54 ½° - showers in the morning till after 12 - then fine afternoon -

§ ordered a small barring 10 or 12 yards to be taken from the field above Low corner nearish to the wood - talked of walling off A-‘s ground - and ordered the making her road to come out just above Mrs. Wadsworth’s gate - A- would want about 20 yards long of Mrs. W-‘s ground 40 yards wide = about 80 yards in the whole - the building of Stephen Scholfield’s for which he pays rent to Mrs. W- encroaches upon A- ½ the building stands on A-‘s ground - a sort of stable too on A-‘s ground where some man stables his asses, unknown/2 and unacknowledged/1 to A-

[ridiculously-over-obsessed]

How are you g 😊

Wainhouse Tower, are you at all close to, or have you ever seen, this?

I can the view is breathtaking from the top 😍

Have a wonderful day 😊💜

Hello Donnie my love!! You sent this a couple of days ago, butI've just been so busy over the last few days 😩 I'm okay, I am in that end of term exhaustion phase klsdfdgds but I'm doing pretty good regardless ✌🏻

It is pretty close to here actually, only about half an hour away?? And whilst I have never been in person, I have seen photos and it is just a STUNNING view 😍

Hope you have had and are having wonderful days since you sent this 🥰💖

[petty-revenge-stories]

A 19th Century Tale of Industry, Feuds and Petty Revenge

There was once a long-standing feud between two landowning neighbours John Edward Wainhouse (1817–1883) and Sir Henry Edwards (1812–1886), in Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, in the 19th Century.

Edwards had boasted that he had the most private estate in Halifax, into which no one could see. At the same time John Wainhouse was having a chimney built to serve the dye works that he owned. The height of the chimney was to satisfy the Smoke Abatement Act of 1870 which required a tall chimney to carry smoke out of the valleys in which the factories were built. A much simpler chimney would have satisfied the requirements but Wainhouse insisted that it should be an object of beauty.

In 1874, John Wainhouse sold his dye works to his works manager, who refused to pay the cost of the chimney construction. Though Wainhouse kept the chimney for his own revenge against Sir Henry Edwards, whom he'd had a long feud with. A local architect, Richard Swarbrick Dugale was then responsible for the elaborate galleries and the corona dome at the top of the tower.

The tower was completed on 9 September 1875, at a cost of £14,000. As Sir Henry Edwards' estate was on land adjacent to the chimney's site, following the opening of the viewing platforms, Edwards could never claim privacy again.

The tower's final height was 275 feet (84m), with 369 steps to be climbed to get to the top. It is still there today and is open on special dates. It is the tallest structure in Calderdale and the tallest folly in the world.

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[awhilesince]

Tuesday, 11 December 1838

8 10/..

12 1/4

fine white frosty morning – and seen out at 9 1/4 at which hour Fahrenheit 40 1/2° and breakfast in 3/4 hour –

then had Mark Hepworth who had waited ten minutes – paid me for the 3 horses sold yesterday at Bradford fair – (no! Mangnal sold at home before he (Mark) went to Bradford) – the gray (bought in 1835? of Cooper, York) £12.18.0 Blind gin (had put out a jack spavin £6.3.0 and Mangnal £9.10.0 and the 2 pigs £5 with a turn again of 1/. which I of course gave Mark and gave him a sovereign for his Trouble of selling the horses – will lend me one of his till he gets me one – thinks of going to York fair next week –

then had Holt for a moment – thought he had best see what Harper at the Stump X Cross would board and lodge Mr Hird’s Engine-men for – Had Throp – stood talking outside the door – and then left A– [Ann] to see his bill settled while I had Joseph Mann about his account during the time he was waiting of Robert Norton’s making him a straight edge for the Engine men who begin today to put up the Engine – Holt called for a minute on returning – Harper will board and lodge the men at 12/. a week each man – reasonable enough for he says they will want five pints of beer a day –

A– [Ann] rode off to Cliff hill at 11 1/2 – I wrote the above of today – and at accounts till 1 when went down to Mr Parker for about 40 minutes – came to know whether I would put off navigation stock selling to 1 February at 431 per share upon which I should have no Expense it being for a Mrs Wells who lived away years as housekeeper with the late Mr Wiliam Mitchell of Booth Town – selling at present 3 1/12 shares at 440 = 1356 – Expense 7 = £1349 + the interest to 1 February = at 4 per cent say one month £4.10.0 Ditto ditto at 431 = 1329 + 9 per cent dividend 28 = £1357 no Expense but loss of interest – to let Mr Parker know Tomorrow night whether to sell immediately or not

Told P– [Parker] the story of Greenwood’s stopping his midsummer’s rent towards his bill for papering etc at Northgate – and desired him to see him G– [Greenwood] about the Northgate land rent which is to be placed to his account – said the H–x [Halifax] fields ought to be £16 per annum – hoped to be able to pay Mr Wainhouse £500 this Xmas or beginning of next year –

Messieurs Busfield incumbent of Coley and Mr Wilson church warden waited almost from the 1st of Mr Parker’s coming – came to ask A– [Ann] and myself to subscribe towards warming Coley church – I declined for myself said I would Tell Miss W– [Walker] but that if she chose to give anything she would send it – and if not, they would suppose she intended to decline like myself giving anything – 3 or 4 minutes with the gentlemens –

then out with Robert Mann – 1000 bricks wanted for the Engine house at Listerwick – to be taken from the pile left in the garden – out with Robert – with him in the ground above the low fish pond (with Robert from 12 50/.. to about 1 1/2 when came back expecting Holt) – and at the Conery – walling 5 feet high against the Allen Car and against the upper Conery would be 5/. a rood – 10 loads (2 horse) per rood of stone – would be 9d [pence] a yard getting at Hipperholme quarry – would go 7 times a day to bottom of Allen Car – and 6 I should think to the Conery –

had just written the last 20 lines at 2 p.m. – then at accounts and memoranda till 2 40/.. having had small parcel from Mr Harper York continuing working drawing for Tower study Chimney piece and 2 pages civil letter – enclosing the account of Messieurs Sturgess that I had the other day – Booth had best send his accounts before Mr H– [Harper] comes – will be here on Wednesday the 18th instant –

‘Have you seen the inscriptive embellishment Mr Crossland has affixed to the external frieze of the large room at Northgate? I wrote to him about it, but instead of removing it he only changed the letters from black to gold – I told him if he had not had your sanction, I thought you would not approve of it and I suppose he thought golding the letters would make them more palatable’ –

As C– [Crossland] chooses to embellish his own way, I will let alone mine – I will do no more – neither paint nor anything – I conclude he suits the taste of his customers – I have not seen the place since my return – Had just so far at 2 50/.. – It seems to me that

3 1/12 shares at £440 = 1356.0.0

1 months interest at 4 per cent 4.10.0

1360.10.0

Expense 10/. per cent on purchase) monthly to be paid to Mr Ridsdale) common on selling suppose) 7.0.0

1353.10.0

3 1/12 shares at £431 = 1329.0.0

9 per cent x months Dividend 27.15.0

1356.5.0

no Expense save loss of) 1 months interest) 4.10.0

1352.5.0

wrote to Messieurs P– [Parker] and A– [Adam] tonight to say Sell immediately – had just written and determined thus at 3 5/.. –

from 3 1/4 to 4 10/.. wrote 3 pages to Mrs Duffin –

‘Shibden hall – Tuesday 11 December 1838. my dear Mrs Duffin – It was very good of you to write to me so soon – I am sorry to say, you may be sure I want you to do me some favour, or my own idle pen would not greet you again thus early – But I give you trouble, I must set down a word or two that concern me more at heart than all I have to ask for – I had no idea that yourself and Mr Duffin had suffered so much, – the one from idleness, the other from musing and anxiety – I do hope with all my spirit that we may recover our strength entirely, the utmost strength one can expect, at 68, and that even at a perceived twenty years later, a life so valued as that of our excellent friend, may still eke out for some while longer – I owe much to Mr Duffin – I know, and think of, am grateful for it – and, come when it may, the hour that must deprive us all of him who has done so much for us and many, you will not perhaps have truer sympathy from others than from me – But give my love, and kind regards, and say for me all you think will be most agreeable – I am glad Isabella received my letter – tell her with my love, it would give me great pleasure to hear from her; but I neither think of nor expect it – I should be glad to see her here – but ….. now for domestic wants and troubles – may I ask you to send Thomas to the Register offices (unless he knows somebody likely to suit us) to inquire for a footman – and may I ask you still more? to see the man, and do for us as you would do for yourself (if you dare dare so much) assured of thus thus doing us the greatest service – the wages and clothes you would give – the requisites you would require – honest, sober, willing to stay at home, good temporaril ‘if such good luck may be within reach – the house is still so unfinished, that a stranger would suppose all yet to do – It is my miserable task for oak-wainscot that is in fault – but in an eight-centenary house like this, I like not plaster and paper – we have hardly them to stir in – Think of us without maid, (left our Frenchwoman in Paris) footman, good cook or good kitchen maid – Yet we have roast necks of mutton, and cutlets, and the like, and keep body and soul together by dint of a certain good fellowship between the latter not dependent upon dainty eating – I am glad how Eliza Raine is so well – I have brought my papers from Paris, but have not had time to look into them – But for you, I do not think I should give myself one moments trouble on the subject of the eventual disposition of her property – I may not survive her – I cannot fancy Mrs Anne looking too old to have at least some reminder of prettiness! – I remember her only as she used to be – I wish I could do this kindness to all the world – Love to Mr Duffin and the Norcliffes, etc Ever affectionately yours AL– Anne Lister Miss Walker’s kind regards’ –

had just written so far at 4 35/.. – then wrote ‘Messieurs P– Parker and A– Adam solicitors H–x [Halifax]’ Shibden hall – Tuesday evening 11 x December 1838 –

‘Sir – I think you had best sell the navigation stock immediately – I am, Sir, etc etc etc A Lister’ –

A– [Ann] returned about 4 3/4 and staid with me a few minutes – then went downstairs and gave the working drawing of the Tower Chimney piece – out in the farm yard a few minutes with John – A– [Ann] sent for me – she wrote to Mrs William Henry Rawson to say Mrs Ann Walker much better and would be glad to see her any time –

dinner at 6 1/4 – coffee between 8 and 9 – skimmed over the paper – came upstairs at 10 35/.. – fine day – thick fog in the afternoon from between 3 and 4 – Fahrenheit 40° in my study at 10 35/.. p.m. – with A– [Ann] till after 12 –

Samuel Booth poorly – John took to the post this evening my letter to ‘Mrs Duffin Petergate York’ and my note to P– [Parker] and A– [Adam]

reference number: SH:7/ML/E/22/0079, SH:7/ML/E/22/0080

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Wainhouse tower

Wainhouse tower sketch from artists Sean Briggs no. 264 #tower #art #drawing #sketch

Wainhouse tower sketch | Limited edition fine art print from an original drawing. My sketches start life as hand-drawn graphite images made on cartridge paper. I often work on these with charcoal, oil pastel or Caran d’Ache to create the look I’m after. The artwork is then scanned and finessed digitally ready for fine art printing. This process often referred to as Giclée printing uses the…

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Wainhouse Tower: The Tallest Folly

Wainhouse Tower, standing high on a hill in the King Cross area of Halifax, is the tallest structure in Calderdale and a prominent landmark that can be seen for miles around. It has been called the world’s tallest folly because it never got to be used for the purpose for which it was constructed. It’s […]

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[thefollyflaneuse]

Follies: the Pleasures of the Journey

Follies: the Pleasures of the Journey

Late in 1963, a series of books was published with an eye for the Christmas market. Three of the titles featured British landmarks in the form of Bridges, Monuments, and Follies, and they were launched in time for ‘Christmas reading, New Year travelling’. Whilst Sir Hugh Casson, as editor of the series, was the big name to capture the attention of shoppers, the real heroes were Paul Sharp who…

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1836 Thursday 15 December

7 35/..

12 5/..

No kiss fine frosty morning – hard frost – Fahrenheit 32 1/2  at 8 1/2  a.m.

out 1/2  hour with Robert Mann and 3 puddling moving puddling in the lowpool – breakfast at 9 10/.. to near 10  Ann did her French –

Holt and Joseph Mann came a few minutes before 10 – had finished measuring at Shengdon head Holt – will come again on Friday – came this morning about the Long goit – had measured all to where they are pulling up now in the 3 corners piece belonging to Pump – reminded me of the alteration in the price - yes! quite right – I well remembered all about it – Holt to consider the matter well even – whether an inclined plain would pay or not – if any doubt about paying not to be done –

some while with the gardener sodding up to the rock-work at the top of the rock-bridge – and ordered my own 2 carts off to Hippenholme quarry for stone for finishing the low pool – Robert Mann and his men to go and help to loaden – (they went once in the morning and once this afternoon) – the rest of the day brought John for the gardener and carted away the cellar pass stuff –

off to Halifax (by the Lodge) down the old bank to Mr Parkin’s office met his boy in the old bank with a note asking the prices bid by Womersley for the stone and farm – Mr Parkins not at home –

saw Mr Adams for about 1/2 hour – stone 7/6 per yard Farm £40 per annum asked if they had written to Mr Turner (Mr Graham’s attorney) no! said I had hardly sent off my note last night when I found I could not be sure of the money by the 7th of next month – might have it when by the 19th instead but could not be sure till the 30th of april – told Mr Adams to delay the payment till the 1st of may –

he said hey would be glad unless they had got a good security ready which was unlikely at 4 per cent – I observed this remark without seeming to observe it – said I had been twice disappointed about the money – desired to have the account of what Messes Parkin and Adams had paid in account to Nelson - £200 or £300 that I should be glad if they could let me put off paying them this at present – I should be able to settle every thing by the 1st of may – said I was not certain but thought I should be glad to have £2000 for 3 or 4 months –

Adams said it could not be had for less than 5 per cent no! said I, that is the least I expect . Adams said Mr Wainhouse was a monied man perhaps he might advance it did not know his views – I said £1000 would do and if the sum was only £1000 I would take it till 1 May at the interest required (this according to their terms not mine) or keep it afterwards as Mr Wainhouse might think best – Adams desired me to let them know if I should want the money or not – I asked if it would be inconvenient to Messers Parkin and Adams to go on paying what might be required for Nelson’s account till I could settle it – For what they had already paid and not Greens expected I of course expected them to charge 5 per cent – I should leave them their account to settle –

Adams said I only had the thousand for 3 months (according to law any rate of interest may be charged if the time be only 3 months) a promissory note would be enough – I said yes! that the money would be safe enough even if any thing happened to me – my will would be left at Hainleys – there was my navigation stock and I had business made a sufficient portion of my estate liable to my debts – Adams would of course under stand the feeling which would make me better pleased to have the thousand from them than from a friend – I would not call up my friends if I could help –

Adams looked significantly as if perhaps au fait at all this said he knew I could have the money without any difficulty – evidently supposing I had alluded to Adny -

from Parkin and Adams’s went to the bank – glad to find Mr McKean himself in the bank – had not expected finding him on a Thursday but happened to be in Halifax and called to say that I was much obliged by his letter received last night – he sent Mr Davidson away I saying it was of no consequence but McKean evidently or seemingly writing it on his own account – said he had written with great regret but was obliged to write – they were but a branch – the head at Leeds – the directors had found (said he in a low tone) almost all the customers have like myself (this said as if much worse than myself) over drawing their credit and the bank wishing to appear as well as it could in London he had been obliged to write to all – did not wish to inconvenience me – very sorry very civil – I said I had merely wished to explain why I had so over drawn and asked for and brought away the extract from my journal – said Mr Davidson had possibly misunderstood me about the £1600 – I had told him that it was unfortunate that I had that sum to pay on the 19th instalment but that I should try to delay it and in fact I had delayed it till the 1st of May – I would do the best I could – pay something into the bank before the cut of the year if I could but at any rate would not draw up them again till I had paid something – would do the best I could –

from the bank went to Mr Gilmore’s about 11 3/4 where Ann had been about 5 mins (had been at Nicholson’s) – sat with her making out a few of her list of difficulties, till about after 2 – then to the Post Office 2 letters one for Ann from her sister one for me from Messers Gray solicitors York – the lady’s money secured on landed property lately sold – will not be paid till April – cannot make any advice before that time unless by loan from her banker – reluctant to incur this obligation – must pay 5 per cent – but if she did borrow would I pay the 5 per cent –

on returning was a little while with Robert Mann and co – then sent them off to loaden the carts – and on their return from the quarry sent them to ride the old oak timber brought by mark Hogarth from Hill top – had brought 3 loads today –

after sending off Robert Mann to the quarry came in and read my letter from Messers Gray and wrote in answer that I would pay the 5 per cent and commission; and that in consequence of arrangements made this morning., one thousand would be enough but that I should be sorry to lay their client under my disagreeable obligation to the banker and commenting up the whole time being ready by the 30th of April, I would wait for it till that time –

out again about 4 p.m. – musing how to do the lower pool – difficult but think I see my way at last – walked 1/2 hour in front of the house to warm my feet – then in the cellar pass – dug out up to the house wall and ready for opening into the west tower –

dressed – copied into my business letter book the note written last night to Messers Parkin and Adams and my letter to Messers Gray which I have just this moment had the mortification to find lying on my desk – I called but not sent –

dinner at 6 1/2  - Ann read French – coffee – I read a little of the Quarterly Revue that came last night – the excellent article on Lord Mahon’s history of England from the peace of Utrecht to that of Aix-la-Chapelle very interesting work and critique –

from 8 1/2  to 9 1/2  wrote all but the 1st half line of today – very fine hard frosty day Fahrenheit 40°and raining and highish wind now at 9 40/.. p.m. then till 11 siding in my study very rainy windy stormy night –

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Tuesday 11 December 1838

8 10

12 ¼

fine white frosty morning – and sun out at 9 ¼ at which hour F40 ½° and breakfast in ¾ hour – then had Mark Hepworth who had waited ten minutes – paid me for the 3 horses sold yesterday at Bradford fair – (no! Mangnal sold at home before he (Mark) went to Bradford) – the gray (bought in 1834? of Cooper (York) £12.18.0 Blind gin (had put out a jack spavin) £6.3.0 and Mangnal £9.10.0 and the 2 pigs £5 with a turn again of 1/. which I of course gave Mark and gave him a sovereign for his trouble of selling the horses – will lend me one of his till he gets me one – thinks of going to York fair next week – then had Holt for a moment – thought he had best see what Harper at the Stump X would board and lodge Mr. Hirds’ engine-men for – Had Throp – stood talking outside the door – and then left A- to see his bill settled while I had Joseph Mann about his account during the time he was waiting of Robert Nortons’ making him a straight edge for the engine men who begin today to put up the engine – Holt called for a minute on returning – Harper will broad and lodge the men at 12/. a week each man – reasonable enough for he says they will want five pints of beer a day – A- rode off to Cliff hill at 11 ½ - I wrote the above of today – and at accounts till 1 when went down to Mr. Parker for about 40 minutes – came to know whether I would put off my navigation stock selling to 1 February at 431 per share upon which I should have no expense it being for a Mrs. Wells who lived many years as housekeeper with the late Mr. William Mitchell of Booth town –

selling at present 3 1/12 shares at 440 = 1356 – expense 7 = £1349 + the interest to 1 February = at 4p.c. say one month £4.10.0

ditto ditto at 431 = 1329 + 9p.c. dividend 28 = £1357 no expense but loss of interest –

to let Mr. Parker know tomorrow night whether to sell immediately or not

told P- the story of Greenwoods’ stopping his midsummers’ rent towards his bill for papering etc. at Northgate – and desired him to see him (G-) about the Northgate land rent which is to be placed to his account – said the H-x fields ought to be £16 per annum – hoped to be able to pay Mr. Wainhouse £500 this Xmas or beginning of next year – Messrs. Busfield incumbent of Coley and Mr. Wilson church warder waited almost from the 1st of Mr. Parkers’ coming – came to ask A- and myself to subscribe towards warning Coley church – I declined for myself said I would tell Miss W- but that if she chose to give anything she would send it – and if not, they would suppose she intended to decline like myself giving anything – 3 or 4 minutes with the gentlemen – then out with Robert Mann – 1000 bricks wanted for the engine house at Listerwick – to be taken from the pile left in the garden – out with Robert – with him in the ground above the low fish pond (with Robert from 12 50 to 1 ½ when came back expecting Holt) and at the Conery – walling 5ft. high against the allen car and against the upper conery would be 5/. a rood – 10 loads (2 horse) per rood of stone – would be 9d. a rood getting at Hipperholme quarry – would go 7 times a day to bottom of Allen car – and 6 I should think to the Conery – had just written the last 20 lines at 2pm – then at accounts and memoranda till 2 40 having had small parcel from Mr. Harper York containing working drawing for tower study chimney piece and 2pp. civil letter – enclosing the account of Messrs. [Strugels] that I paid the other day – Booth had best send his accounts before Mr. H- comes will be here on Wednesday the 18th instant – ‘Have you seen the inscriptive embellishment Mr. Crossland has afficed to the external frieze of the large room at Northgate? I wrote to him about it but instead of removing it he only changed the letters from black to gold – I told him if he had not had your sanction, I thought you would not approve of it and I suppose he thought gilding the letters would make them more palatable’ – as C- chooses to embellish his own way, I will let alone mine – I will do no more – nor paint nor anything – I conclude he suits the taste of his customers – I have not seen the place since my return – Had just so far at 2 50 – it seems to me that

3 1/12 shares at £440 = 1356.0.0

1 months’ interest at 4pc.= 4.10.0

1360.10.0

expense 10/. pc. on purchase money to be paid to Mr. Risdale commission on selling  suppose   7.0.0

1353.10.0

 3 1/12 shillings at £431 =     1329.0.0

9p.c. xmas dividend = 27.15.0

1356.15.0

no expense save loss of 1 months’ interest  4.10.0

1352.5.0

wrote to Messrs. P- and A- tonight to say  sell immediately

Mr. Parker recommended Mr. Smith land agent. Bradford

had just written and determined thus at 3 5 – from 3 ¼ to 4 10 wrote 3pp. to Mrs. Duffin – ‘Shibden hall – Tuesday 11 December 1838. my dear Mrs. Duffin – It was very good of you to write to me so soon – I am sorry to say, you may be sure I want you to do me some favour, or my own idle pen would not greet you again thus early – But I give you trouble, I must set down a word or two that concern

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me more at heart than all I have to ask for – I had no idea that yourself and Mr. Duffin had suffered so much – the one from illness, the other from nursing and anxiety – I do hope with all my spirit that we may recover our strength entirely, the utmost strength one can expect, at 68, and that even at a period twenty years later, a life so valued as that of one excellent friend, may still eke out for some while longer – I own much to Mr. Duffin – I know, and think of, and am grateful for it – and, come when it may, the horn that must deprive us all of him who has done so much for us and many, you will not perhaps have truer sympathy from others than from me – But give my love, and kind regards, and say for me all you think will be most agreeable – I am glad Isabella received my letter – tell her with my love, it would give me great pleasure to hear from her; but I neither think of nor expect it – I should be glad to see her here – but........... now for domestic wants and troubles – may I ask you to send Thomas to the Register office (unless he knows somebody likely to suit us) to inquire for a footman – and may I ask you still more? to see the man, and do for us as you would do for yourself (if you dare dare so much) assured of thus doing us the greatest service – the wages and clothes you would give – the requisites you would require – honest, sober, willing to stay at home, good temporary if such good luck may be within reach – the house is still so unfinished, that a stranger would suppose all yet to do – it is my miserable taste for oak-wainscot that is in fault – but in an eight-centenary house like this, I like not plasterer and paper – we have hardly room to stir in – think of us without maid (left our Frenchwoman in Paris) footman, good cook or good kitchen maid – yet we have roast necks of mutton, and cutlets, and the like, and keep body and soul together by dint of a certain good fellowship between the latter not dependent upon dainty eating – I am glad poor Eliza Raine is so well – I have brought my papers from Paris, but have not had time to look into them – but for you, I do not think I should give myself one moments’ trouble on the subject of the eventual disposition of her property – I may not survive her -  I cannot fancy Mrs. Ann looking too old to have at least some remain of prettiness! – I remember her only as she used to be – I wish I could do this kindness to all the world – Love to Mr. Duffin and the Norcliffes etc. ever affectionately yours AL- Miss Walker kind regards’ – had just written so far at 4 35 – then wrote to ‘Messrs. P- and A- solicitors H-x’  ‘Shibden hall – Tuesday evening IIXher 1838 – Sir – I think you had best sell the navigation stock immediately – I am sir, etc. etc. A. Lister’ A- returned about 4 ¾ and staid with me a few minutes – then went downstairs and gave the working drawing of the tower chimney piece – out in the farmyard a few minutes with John – A- sent for me. she wrote tonight to Mrs. William Henry Rawson to say Mrs. AW. much better and would be glad to see her any time – dinner at 6 ¼ - coffee between 8 and 9 – skimmed over the paper – came upstairs at 10 35 – fine day – thick fog in the afternoon from between 3 and 4 – F40° in my study at 10 35 pm – with A- till after 12 – Samuel Booth poorly – John took to the post this evening my letter to Mrs. Duffin Petergate York and my note to P. and A.

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If you’ve been to Paris before, you might not want to see the Eiffel Tower every time you return. This visit to Paris, I chose to stay in Montmartre. In just two days I got a taste of the town. And I loved it! Now I have my favorite 5 to do’s in Montmartre.

I confess, I’ve been to Montmartre before. A night at the Moulin Rouge was high on the “must do” list when I was a twenty-something in Paris for the first time with college friends. In the 60s it was pretty raunchy.  I stood in the line and walked through the  Sacré Coeur Cathedral many years later.

So what do you do in Montmartre if you’ve been to the Moulin Rouge and Sacré Coeur? Plenty!

  5 To Do’s in Montmartre

#1  Cooking Class

Cook’n with Class Paris

Go to a cooking class at Cook’n with Class Paris. If it’s a Sunday, all the better. The Sunday Market Class includes shopping at the city market. Then you go back to the school to prepare a sumptuous meal with all the fresh ingredients. Read all about the fun experience — click here.

#2 Enjoy the Scenery

Even on a cloudy day, Montmartre is charming. Check out the patisseries and cafes along the way.

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Who knows who you’ll run into? My good buddy and playwright, Silver Wainhouse! She lives near me in Uzès and she was in town for the day. 

#3 Eat the food

Take your time to find just the right spot to have lunch or a snack. I mean, is there anything quite as good as French Onion Soup — in France?  Pair that with a glass of your favorite wine and you’re just about in heaven.

One day, wandering around near Pigalle, what should appear? Le Chat Noir. Right out of a Toulouse Lautrec poster.

Le Chat Noir

I expected Picasso or Toulouse to walk in any moment. Surely they would enjoy the cafe’s Paysanne salad — filled with duck magret and gizzards. I did!

Inside Le Chat Noir

Le Chat Noir’s Paysanne Salad – with gizzards!

#4 Climb the hill to Sacrè Couer

Go ahead. Even if you’ve been to the Sacrè Couer, do it again.  The views are spectacular. Yes, it’s quite a hike to the top, but there’s a lift and a small train that can take you up. If you’re around on a weekend, plan to have a coffee and croissant while sitting at a cafe near where the artists hang out. You might even snag a painting at a good price. It’s what memories are made of.

Imagine yourself here…

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Musée de Montmartre

#5 Visit Musée de Montmartre

If you want to take a trip through Montmartre’s past — to actually see where artists, writers and sculptors such as Renoir, Émile Bernard, Suzanne Valadon, Pierre Reverdy and Demetrius Galanis actually lived and worked, visit the Musée de Montmartre. It’s tucked away on a side street at the top of Montmartre and it’s worth the stop.

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Would I stay in Montmartre again? Absolutely! 

I don’t always “plug” a place that I stay when I’m traveling, but I have to give a big shout out to Le Grey Hotel. The boutique hotel is so convenient to everything I wanted to see and do on my short stay. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful. The breakfast is fresh, tasty and served late into the morning. And there is a bar and sitting room that’s cozy and inviting.

My little terrace

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5 To Do’s in Montmartre If you've been to Paris before, you might not want to see the Eiffel Tower every time you return.