Ann Walker’s death 1854 was bad news for her tenant in Crow Nest Lightcliffe. Busy with his mill at not a year old, the Salts had to leave the home they loved. In 1867 Titus grabbed the mansion at a bargain price when it failed to sell at auction. https://t.co/z9BB8xZt43

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Hello again.
The artist here call themselves ‘Bear Print and Design.
I found them at The Saltaire Art Gallery. When I lived in the area in the 1950/60s. The Museum and Art Gallery didn’t exist. It was a depressed area. No longer though. It’s now ‘ Hot’ and Hockney orientated

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Saltaire. Limited edition giclee prints available from the online shop

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Day 21 Living Advent Calendar at 22 Constance St home to Jabez Fieldhouse in 1877, ordered at Court to pay 4s a week to Esther Illingworth for his illegitimate child. 7yrs later they married at Bradford Cathedral & had 11 children Buried together in Nab Wood.

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A Scandinavian Happy Christmas on Day 20 of the Living Advent Calendar at 8 Mary St. In 1884 Mary Rushworth 14, a spinner, enjoyed a walk with friends but then fell on her face nr the gate to the park. Pronounced dead by Dr Rutherford, she was carried home to No8.

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At 24 Fanny St on Day 18 of the Living Advent Calendar a perfect festive scene at Christmas in 1901 for James Griffiths, wife Lavinia & two children. 5yrs later James an Overlooker pleaded to stealing a chicken from a Nab Wood field. Caught

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Disaster averted at 6 Jane St on day 16 of the Living Advent Calendar. Santa & his reindeer were re-directed from no20 and were delighted to pose in the window. In 1871 the Harrisons didn’t tell their 5 children they nearly missed out on presents

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Living Advent Calendar Day 10 at 38 George St. In 1871 the parents & 5 Fox children went to the opening of the park & 10yrs later the 6th child, 8yr old Sarah, was the only one not working in the mill. As for Santa, even he needs a brolly.

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Day 6 of the Living Advent Calendar. The wonderful window at 8 Amelia St may have been influenced by Jnr’s trips to Egypt & the Holy Land. 150yrs ago his magic lantern slideshow of his travels entertained the village in Victoria Hall.

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had a built in his 1871 park & would be delighted that live music was still entertaining the crowds during the the annual event first staged in 2003 to commemorate 150yrs of his model village & his birthday, of course! https://t.co/B53TJvuMPR

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I Don’t Belong In This World: On the Saltair Pavilion, Mary Henry, and CARNIVAL OF SOULS -
https://t.co/3lHad6DWyr

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Hosting the royals at MilnerField in 1887, the strain of the loss-making Jubilee Exhibition in is clearly visible on 44yr old He collapsed fatally in his mansion 6 months later. https://t.co/VUWqcfGAmO

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More images of
In 1853 Gallery, by Jonathan Silver
1978 painting by Tony Foster
By Andy Warhol, 1974
With friends in the 1960s, enjoying a fag https://t.co/yQ4jrGy53k

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I Don’t Belong In This World: On the Saltair Pavilion, Mary Henry, and CARNIVAL OF SOULS https://t.co/3lHad6DWyr

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& thank you to all my followers. Freezing Friday in the Japanese Gardens on Shipley Glen, the & on the River Aire at https://t.co/dCiF1byUoi

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7 months pregnant at the opening banquet of Mill, wife Caroline gave birth to their youngest child Ada 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

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Not welcome in the 18thC Kings Arms, William Nicholson preached temperance in denouncing those who supped the A message supported by who banned pubs in whilst the bar a 1 Victoria Rd would have met with his approval.

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Know any folk? Get them some artwork that will be the pride of their living room - my Saltaire lions prints! My own personal take on War, Peace, Determination and Vigilance https://t.co/EzTrFYytVg

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