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1 week 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

Kayleigh Elisabeth

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2 weeks 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.

A lot of the streets are named after the people who worked for him in the mill. Titus also went to Batley Grammar school as did Joseph Priestley (and me)

When are you next talk/walks?

3 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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Stories like this need to be seen in our schools. To let our children know how young children lived.

Sad times for children, being exploited.

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.

So horrible that this still happened in the 20th century 😱😩

It's the same greedy mentality that appears today. And, that's not just a white persons attitude.

Lost for words seeing this picture of this child.

And then they went off to war for King and Country. Talk about a backbone.

My Grandfather went to work in the mills in Leeds as an 11yr old. My grandmother was a 'maid of all work' for a draper and his family at the same age. They were on census documents as a 'scholar' up until age 8 or 9 and were relatively fortunate for the times. They had cousins, aunts and uncles in the Workhouse. What a hard life they had. And no wonder that they grabbed the chance to emigrate to New Zealand after the war.

Pat Kilbane 😢 xxx

Evil

Slavery was prevelant in all walks of life and did not discriminate against race or creed.

Interesting that Salt, a much revered son of my hometown, was involved in child slavery, despite being a Baronet, Chief Constable, Alderman, President of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce and MP ?

And if I ask my teenage kids to put their plates in the dishwasher I’m an evil slave driver who doesn’t respect their rights 🤦🏻😂

Great Britain

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3 weeks ago

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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I salute you Isabella Ford. 🌹

Interesting

4 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!

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