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EXCURSION TO BROWSHOLME AND 
WHITEWELL. 
23rd July, 1902. 
At the kind invitation of Colonel and Mrs. Parker, a large 
number of Members and friends visited Browsholme Hall, on 
Wednesday, July 23rd, 1902. The day of the visit proved one of 
the brightest and most beautiful of a somewhat eccentric sum- 
mer. ‘he party were conveyed in two four-horse charabanes, a 
private carriage, and a motor car. On alighting at the front of 
the Hall the members were received by the Colonel and Mrs. 
Parker, of whose generous hospitality they partook, and were 
afterwards shown over the Hall by their Host and Hostess, 
whose kindly ciceroneship and descriptive comments were much 
appreciated. Browsholme, apart from the interesting character 
of the building and its history, is a veritable storehouse of Artistic 
Archaic and Literary treasures,'the accumulation of successive gen- 
erations of a refined and cultured family. Among these delightful 
‘‘ opportunities ” an hour and a half was quickly spent. Before 
leaving, the President—James Kay, Esq., J.P.,—in a few well 
chosen words, thanked Colonel and Mrs, Parker for their good- 
ness in according to the Burnley Literary and Scientific Club 
the privilege they that afternoon had so much enjoyed. 
Nore.—At the desire of the Committee, a short descriptive Paper on 
‘* Browsholme and the Parker Family,’’ was read before the Members 
on December 17th, 1902, an epitome of which appears in the present 
volume. 
