SALTAIRE Nr BRADFORD YORKSHIRE UK 1980's

Saltaire, Bradford. 1981
1 Albert Terrace, a model village built by the mill owner Sir Titus Salt. He died in 1876, it is estimated that as many 100,000 people lined the street to watch the funeral cortege. Young women factory workers walking back to work after their lunch hour. Salts Mill named after Sir Titus Salt was closed down in 1986 after 133 years as a textile factory. Salts Mill the centre of the model industrial village built on the huge profits made out of alpaca fibre...
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Saltaire, Bradford. 1981
1 Albert Terrace, a model village built by the mill owner Sir Titus Salt. He died in 1876, it is estimated that as many 100,000 people lined the street to watch the funeral cortege. Young women factory workers walking back to work after their lunch hour. Salts Mill named after Sir Titus Salt was closed down in 1986 after 133 years as a textile factory. Salts Mill the centre of the model industrial village built on the huge profits made out of alpaca fibre in the nineteenth century, it has been named a World Heritage Site by Unesco.
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