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How long is it humanly possible to wait? #CallOfNature #Saltaire https://t.co/e4K4bjDvpA
Hosting the royals at MilnerField in 1887, the strain of the loss-making Jubilee Exhibition in #Saltaire is clearly visible on 44yr old #TitusSalt. He collapsed fatally in his mansion 6 months later. #HeartFailure https://t.co/VUWqcfGAmO
One of only 3 streets in medieval #Bradford, the Roebuck on Ivegate was the HQ of the striking woolcombers & worsted weavers, defeated after 23 weeks in 1825. And much missed, the Crown & next door Philip Smith’s #PorkPies. #Historic https://t.co/RQEFdrTnzV
Many stone heads with #Celtic features have been found in #Yorkshire, on buildings & walls. It’s said the Brigantes used them to ward off ghosts. Some are ancient, others are more modern & used as garden features. Carole’s one could be revenge on an unpopular Art Teacher #Haunted https://t.co/Uxink6G7go
Born in #Bradford, Christopher Gifford Ambler (1886-1965) left school, worked in #Leeds & attended evening classes at the School of Art. Famous for dogs & horses he illustrated the 1782 comic ballad by William Cowper, the GtGtGt Uncle of Denys Salt #TitusSalt’s Gt Grandson https://t.co/0Bv8oWPHa6
On #InternationalWomensDay for services to Yorkshire tourism:
Harmless Mother Shipton of #Knaresborough d.1531
Wronged Mary Pannal of Ledston, burned alive nr #Castleford in 1603
Notorious Mary Bateman, poisoner & murderer, hanged at #York Castle in 1809
#Witches https://t.co/E4uZOSBDiX
More images of #DavidHockney.
In #SaltsMill 1853 Gallery, #Saltaire by Jonathan Silver
1978 painting by Tony Foster
By Andy Warhol, 1974
With friends in the 1960s, enjoying a fag https://t.co/yQ4jrGy53k
#Keighley was a major textile centre with many mills - cotton, worsted & paper. The 1797 Turkey Mills made the paper for the Indian #Rupee. Sutton, Goose Eye & Bancroft mills converted to housing. #GradeIIListed https://t.co/zTmUwLkqAS
#HappyNewYear2021 & thank you to all my followers. Freezing Friday in the Japanese Gardens on Shipley Glen, the #LeedsLiverpoolCanal & on the River Aire at #Saltaire. #BrassMonkeys https://t.co/dCiF1byUoi
7 months pregnant at the opening banquet of #Saltaire Mill, #TitusSalt’s wife Caroline gave birth to their youngest child Ada #OTD 1853 in Crow Nest. Ada married aged 29 & had one child. The last of the Salt children, Ada died at home in Bickenhall Mansions, London in 1935. https://t.co/7ciK4CPvhl