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Rules for living in Saltaire Village 1853-1876

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Oct 212013

By Order of Sir Titus Salt Bart

Throughout the village, cleanliness, cheerfulness, and order must reign supreme.
Only persons who are good, obedient, honest and hardworking will be allocated a house in each village.
Anyone caught in a state of inebriation will immediately be evicted. Continue reading »

Rules to be observed by the hands employed in Salts Mill 1853-1876

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Oct 212013

By order of Sir Titus Salt Bart.

All the Overlookers shall be on the premises first & last.
Any person arriving late will be locked out and lose half a day’s pay. Persistent lateness will result in dismissal. Continue reading »

Rules for living in the Saltaire Almshouses. 1868 -1876

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Oct 212013

By order of Sir Titus Salt Bart.

Only persons of ‘good moral character’, who are deemed either too old or unable to labour, will be admitted.
Inmates must be destitute and have no where else to live. Continue reading »

Rules for living in Saltaire – The Park 1871

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Oct 102013

By Order of Sir Titus Salt Bart

The timing of closing will be indicated each day by the ringing of a bell.
No person will be allowed to enter or remain while in a state of intoxication. Continue reading »

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Titus Salt Junior went by horse-drawn carriage along his private drive from MilnerField, then crossed the River Aire to work for his dad in the massive mill on Victoria Road, Saltaire.
The derelict mansion was dynamited in the 19050s, the bridge was demolished in 1967. ... See MoreSee Less

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Walked over that bridge many times.

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Sir James Roberts of MilnerField & Saltaire married Elizabeth Foster of Harden on 14 May 1873 in Bingley Church. Their seven children were dogged by tragedy and scandal. Despite a failed appeal to the House of Lords, younger daughter Alice was finally divorced in 1938 from the insane killer with whom she had eloped. She then married a local government officer and lived a quiet life on the Isle of Man. Alice was mourned by her six children when she died aged 101 in 1982. ... See MoreSee Less

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On this day 1915, James Henry Brown of Kirkgate, Shipley received his World War 1 call-up papers and duly reported to Bridge Street Bradford. A Corporal and still alive three years later, he recorded his movements in France in his service diary. ... See MoreSee Less

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A day in Keighley, home to the Arts & Crafts 1904 very first Carnegie Library; St Anne’s A W N Pugin Grade II Listed Church; and one of only seven telephone kiosks in Newsholme Dean, also listed.
Then on to Haworth via tiny Damens Station on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. ... See MoreSee Less