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From: The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Date: 20040625
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Byline: By Tony Henderson

Tony Henderson on how William Wordsworth's boyhood has been brought back to life.

The door opened this week on the working Georgian household of poet William Wordsworth's childhood.

Almost pounds 1m and four years of research has gone into recreating Wordsworth's boyhood life at the home where he grew up in Cockermouth in Cumbria.

National Trust staff have pieced together a fascinating picture of how the house would probably have been furnished and decorated, as well as an accurate view of the Wordsworths' everyday ...

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