Find out more about our nominated properties and why our authors chose them. Imogen Robertson – Wordsworth House, Cumbria Built in the mid-eighteenth century, this imposing house in the market town of Cockermouth was the home of John Wordsworth, and the birthplace of his son William in 1770. Now, I thoroughly enjoy visiting the grand […]
Picture This
Dressed in their Sunday best, straight-backed and solemn-faced, the family in the photograph appears the epitome of working class respectability. Taken around 1913, the picture shows Annie Baker, her husband Arthur and their daughter Florence. There is a look of calm innocence in their eyes, and perhaps this is why I have always found the […]