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1,000 on the 1864 Salts Mill works outing went by train to #Scarborough, #TitusSalt’s favourite resort where son George showed off his super yacht, Oithona. Victorian #Tycoon
#BOTD 1928, Tony Richardson #OscarWinner #filmdirector lived on #Bingley Rd #Saltaire. Married to Vanessa Redgrave, parents to actors Joely & Natasha. BFI #BluePlaque
Before #Saltaire was built #TitusSalt exhibited alpaca cloth at the 1851 Great Exhibition #HydePark opened #OTD 1851. He was advised not to buy part of the building for a weaving shed. #Vibrations
These big guns from the #NapoleonicWars that #TitusSalt bought for Roberts Park #Saltaire were melted down in #WW2. Replacements arrive 21 April at noon for #WorldHeritageDay shindigs.
#OTD 1996 the 1st Salts Walk from the 1st #Saltaire Information Centre with Clive Woods #historian & #HongKong students. Another #HappyBirthday
A wacky #Victorian #HappyEaster. Wishing all in #Saltaire - traders, guides,volunteers & twitter followers a terrific day. Especial thanks to the #GoodEggs in the #VisitorInformationCentre.
2018 #Saltaire Arts Trail Postcard #Exhibition #OpenToAll at the #UnitedReformedChurch 4 May & then at the CellarTrustCafe. Entries by 11 April https://t.co/vK6TZ2PRH3
#BOTD 1812 #Charles Dickens parodied the legendary discovery of #alpaca wool in #Liverpool, visited #Saltaire in 1854 & his magazine “All The Year Round’ described #TitusSalt’s village as a “colony”.
#WorkingClass Nell Kenney #suffragette activist in #Bingley, imprisoned 1907, speaker to 100k at #Shipley Glen 1908 with Emmeline & Adela Pankhurst. #Suffragette100 #Votes100
#Bradford made cannons inspired by 2 from the #NapoleonicWars bought by #TitusSalt will be back in Roberts Park #Saltaire on 21 April. Get ready to pose. https://t.co/nyjFhdAMCp