The Apothecary
Not sure if this exists anymore due to post covid close down anything pretty recommendations.
the apothecary pre covid
It was the apothecary where the actual Bronte sisters did their beauty shop.
I loved it so much, it made me move back home from South London.
That was the product I used to purchase, the pink one.
Their lip balm made them famous enough to become a top seller in vogue.
A really aesthetically pleasing way to spend a sunday day out.
So quaint and twee
The shop opposite used to sell
Gisela Graham
and
Shag cards and gifts
that was how I discovered them.
The Apothecary now
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https://the-curiosity-society.myshopify.com/collections/all
The people outside look a bit shocked.
Depressingly it has been taken over with artisan and sustainable unaesthetic rubbish made into unsustainable overpriced tat, (a lot of artisan products purchased from etsy have been reported to fall apart, due to no quality control or regulations).
The longer a product has a useful life, the longer it will take for the need to replace it which means it has less environmental impact and becomes more sustainable.
Is sustainability the same as longevity?
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won’t be going there again then.
Not being funny, but wouldn’t most women looking at this prefer the rose and co version of this shop? even the Bronte sisters would.
All the men used to purchase traditional sweets, licorice lozenges, and more.
The New Age shop
Has been taken over by malevolent ugly monster ghosts. The new-age shop taught spirituality and sold aesthetically pleasing new-age gifts and new-age music. I won’t be going to that shop again either then.
Purchased this aesthetically pleasing cd at spooks Haworth pre covid 19 unaesthetic recommendations
newworldmusic.com/uk/shop/moon-goddess
In my experience of ghosts, they tend to be just like people, unless they were ugly and malevolent in real life. Most ghosts are still here on earth because they are angry about something that needs solving. Human contact is just made so we can help them. Their malevolence may just be down to what happened to them; therefore proving the original owner of the shop to be right. The ghosts of the Bronte sisters may be malevolent now their village has been ruined. Shocked or speechless, like everyone else.
From watching many a ghost story film, it is almost always the case that the ghost just needs a physical friend to help right their wrongs like in:
The Amazing Mr Blunden airing on Pinterest Nostalgic Christmas TV 2023, (coincidently inspired by Gisela Graham), starring Diana Dors and Madeleine Smith.
Rose and company
Rose & Co. was founded in the historic Yorkshire village of Haworth, famous for the Brontes. Created by mother & daughter team, Patricia & Caroline Rose, this unique product is inspired by classic, beautiful designs. Now a cult beauty classic, Rose Petal Salve, was the first product Caroline made in the Rose & Co.
Their rose petal salve is all over the internet, bought some and haven’t tried it yet.
It is so pretty – the rest of the range has gone I think?
rose petal salve
superdrug.com/skin/face-skin-care/lip-care/lip-balms/rose-co-rose-petal-salve-balm
Found some at Superdrug, but it isn’t available even though it has rave reviews?
Rose and co sold their range, so could no longer sell it in the apothecary.
From their point of view, they made the right decision to sell up before covid. They still wouldn’t have been able to sell their range because of the COVID-19 artisan cartel thing that my school friend has paid to join.
She pays loads of money out to turn her pre-ceramics that sold into artisan hideous rabbits and animals made out of old rubbish that don’t sell.
what is a cartel?
cartel
- an association of manufacturers or suppliers to maintain prices at a high level and restrict competition.” the Colombian drug cartels”
- HISTORICALa coalition or cooperative arrangement between political parties intended to promote a mutual interest.
Think these have taken over country village days out.
My ex schoolfriend uses the unfree version.
This looks too expensive for craft makers to make any profit.
I’m guessing it isn’t actually a cartel?
The Bronte Sisters
This trailer sums up why people go to Howarth. It is my idea of Howarth.
The parsonage is still there, where they lived. Looked like it needed a bit of TLC, last time we drove past.
Also
the Edinburgh Mill shop
has gone, which was a massive tourist draw.
christmas shop at Edinburgh mill
They used to let coaches park outside because of a notorious demon wheelclamper in the car park.
This is Kate Bushe’s famous tribute to the Bronte sisters
Wuthering Heights the film
My favorite version of Wuthering Heights that I have seen to date stars Lawrence Olivier and Merle Oberon
Just read some tourism for Howarth that looks like it was written by an idiot with a rhyming pun addiction?
Not being rude, but shouldn’t it be sold to literary people?
I’m not a writer, but I’m not that thick, I have got some intelligence. 
People who like in-your-face gimmicky type banging gigs won’t like Haworth. Take it from Rita Sue and Bob too,
Haworth in the 80’s with Rita Sue and Bob too
Suppose someone has made Haworth go back to how boring it was in 1987, wonder if this was when someone decided to give it a tourism makeover? all the good shops have gone now by the look of it.
Haworth is probably a good day out now if your boring or eat a lot of food.
It looks more like something out of a horror film now, fair enough if people want that sort of stuff?
Have to say I don’t, shame they didn’t just get a stand at Affelecs Palace or somewhere like that, with less rent, unless they own the apothecary?
instead of putting their stuff in a historical mainstream family day out for all ages.
Ha Ha!!!
Just found
Alice Cooper at the pop boutique even he looks shocked, probably because of the freaky artisan stock, (wow well done, so freaky you’ve freaked out Alice Cooper), No one would care if all the weird artisan rubbish got shifted to Aflecks palace because you could just avoid it if you didn’t like it. If that went bust it could be made into a shopping center, which might sort out the bottleneck traffic going to the Trafford centre. Mind you wonder if no one goes there anymore either.
If I’m honest The Apothecary would be a great place to stock Yankee candles, Neals Yard, greetings cards, girlie knick knacks for around the house, jewelry and sweets for men, and so forth, something for everyone type shop. And the sort of custom that goes to a small country village at a weekend as opposed to brunch at the pop cafe.
Haworth is a bit bleak
Got a photo somewhere standing in Haworth wearing a vintage tan 70’s jacket that I purchased from a really good charity shop in South London. Went to a T rextasy gig in it, in a town hall in Colne.
The official T rextasy website if you want to go to one of their gigs. Ha Ha!!! You could go in the Anna Sui party dress.
How northerners survive boring winters on the moors, well how they used to before artisan and covid 19 restrictions and veganism and ban culture.
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Didn’t go to Haworth today as it was too far.
Not really bothered to drive all that way for some moors, a museum and some shops selling hand made rubbish that falls apart.
Decided to do Sunday shop every week. Will be really honest, because I think people should be again. If everyone just puts up with all this rubbish it will never change, or go bust. Surely the people selling artisan have realised they can’t sustain a shop stocking products people don’t want. Their stubbornness to adapt is breaking the myth of Britain; British people go for days out on a Sunday, some of which are small villages with shops.
They must either be paying rent out with no profit or have purchased the shops and are making no profit. If they own the shop, they still have to pay overheads. How is this contributing to the British economy?
What is the point of having a shop that doesn’t make profit?
On a brighter note if I find something out there that is still good I will be honest about that too.
Hope this inspires you.
Let’s hope by next summer the penny has dropped.
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