Victorian hygiene campaigner Benjamin Babbage has come to Haworth for the Easter holidays.
Benjamin – played by David Broadley – is showing visitors the awful truth about how dirty and disease-ridden the village was in the olden days.
He has begun a series of walks in the style of the popular Horrible Histories children's books. He will continue the walks today, and next Tuesday and Thursday.
The real Babbage was invited to Haworth in 1850 by the Rev Patrick Bronte, father of the Bronte sisters, following concern at the high rate of early mortality.
Babbage was horrified by the insanitary conditions in Haworth, and his report on the town's water supply and lack of sewerage system resulted in improvements.
The walks are free with admission to the Bronte Parsonage Museum, and begin at 11am and 2pm by the museum shop.
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