Britain By Barge – Then And Now – Channel 5 Features Saltaire

Feb 142020

Click to watch the 3 minute highlights – Saltaire again features on TV – This time in the first episode of a brand new series, Britain By Barge – Then & Now, Bill Oddie and Pete Waterman embark on an epic journey on the Leeds Liverpool Canal through Saltaire where they encounter our very own costumed Saltaire Tour Guide Maria Glot.

Watch the video to join Bill Oddie and Pete Waterman on a 3 minute tour of Saltaire Mill and Village with tour guide Maria Glot.

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3 days ago

The film set that is 1940’s Saltaire. GIs on the streets and the scene is set for the shoot of the sequel to the famous 1970 film ‘The Railway Children’. It’s all Film, Camera and Action. ... See MoreSee Less

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Love getting off the train and seeing this on my doorstep.... I remember the Agatha Christie ABC Murders that filmed here in blistering heat the men were dressed in wool suits and overcoats 🥵🥵

Thay have been in haworth filming the new railway children x

Wow street looks amazing with no cars

Emily Schmiller Ducky Miller this is what you saw 🤩🤩😍😍

Ann Clark

Diane Coates a film in the making for you! Xx

Dawn Morris

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5 days ago

A fun and interesting excercise comparing vintage images of Saltaire with today.
The more typical workers’ houses of Saltaire can be found in the lower streets, they are named after Titus Salt’s children. ... See MoreSee Less

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We are not conducting public tours yet, however are taking bookings for private tours and group bookings. I hope that is helpful to you.

When are you next talk/walks?

2 weeks ago

British Infantile Slavery.
Children’s slavery, the inhuman treatment of these young factory workers is one of the saddest stories. Opponents of the abolition of child labour in textile mills, Titus Salt & Sons employed half-timers, even under the age of 8. The Saltaire Factory School opened in the mill cafe & cheap working class child labourers aged 8 plus were still on the payroll in the 20th century. ... See MoreSee Less

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It's important that people know this. My gran started work at a mill in Manchester age 13 in 1926. Much as I love living in Saltaire, looking at mill buildings always reminds me of that.

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Isabella Ford was born in Headingley, Leeds. A suffragist and trade unionist, she campaigned to improve the pay & conditions for women in the textile industry. Most of the workers in Manningham Mill were women and when Samuel Cunliffe Lister reduced wages in 1890, Isabella marched with the striking Bradford women. ... See MoreSee Less

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Interesting

3 weeks ago

From the golden age of railways, ephemera and vanished infrastructure, the Bradford district is riddled with the sites of disused and lost railway stations-

LOST RAILWAY STATIONS
Shipley & Windhill 1875 -1973 (disused)
Eccleshill Station closed 1931
Esholt Station closed 1940
Manningham Station Bradford closed 1965
Laisterdyke 1854 -1960
Bradford Exchange 1950 -1973 ... See MoreSee Less

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Remember Manningham got off in Frizinghall!