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The future #King Alexander the Unifier of #Serbia & Yugoslavia visited Salts Mill #Saltaire in 1917. #Assassinated in #Marseille in 1934
Grand Duchess George of #Russia cared for injured troops in #Harrogate in #WW1. 100 years ago she was a visitor to #Saltaire
#Bradford 1910, #queuing for #potatoes. #ZeroHours jobs meant many relied on the #foodbanks of the day. #Somethingsdontchange
#OTD 1953 specially commissioned #steamtrain for the #centenary trip for #SaltsMill workers to #Blackpool. #GroupPhoto at #Saltaire station
Since #Victorian times, the tradition for #Bradford, #Shipley & #Saltaire families on #BankHolidayMonday, a trip on the Shipley Glen Tramway
#TitusSalt had a stone placed by the Crow Nest boathouse to mark the grave of Puck, his favourite black #labrador in 1876. #NationalDogDay
1869 William Nicholl foreman, found drowned, his hands tied with his handkerchief in the lake (still there) at #CrowNest, #TitusSalt's home.
Mining #sandstone #quarries was big business in #Victorian #Saltaire & #Shipley. Nowadays the prized flags are pinched by the unscrupulous.
@SaltaireCanteen The #Saltaire #SundaySchool opening was #TitusSalt's last public appearance. He died 7 months later. Here's the interior.
Crowds at Victoria Hall for the #SalvationArmy's General Booth visit to #Saltaire & #Bingley in 1907. The #Shipley Citadel was built in 1912