| Number 39 March 2006 - Headlines
CHOIRS NOT QUIET
SOME SERIOUS SACRED STUFF FOR LENT
Easter approaches and the churches of our area will be upholding the fine choral music tradition which is so much a part of our local heritage. At St. Paul's parish church in Kirkgate, Shipley, choral music by Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Leighton will play an important part of a special service....
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CYCLES IN THE SHED LOOK LIKE BIG BUSINESS
All Terrain Cycles are moving into Shed 48 in the yard directly in front of Salts Mill and hope to be ready for opening in time for the Easter weekend. Owner Tony Booth tells me that they will offer a full range of road, mountain, ladies' and children's bikes, and a full range of clothing and....
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BUSY TIME FOR TRAMWAY
Clive Woods anticipates a busy summer ahead for Shipley Glen Tramway. A new cable is to be fitted at the cost of £4,335.61 and the bottom platforms and path....
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WHAT A WORLD HERITAGE SIGHT
ANOTHER PIECE OF SALTAIRE HISTORY
This story, told entirely in excerpts from the Sentinel, goes back quite long enough: February 2003 - The Council tells a Neighbourhood Forum that the public conveniences in Caroline Street car park are to be "retained and reviewed in light of World Heritage status"...
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25% TENANTS
One in every four people now living in Saltaire is a tenant according to an Environmental Capacity Study conducted by World Heritage Site Officer, Caroline Wilkinson and her team. The survey is to be repeated every three years.
JOHN NICHOLSON POETRY PRIZE
 To encourage the reading and, more specifically, writing of poetry locally. ALL Sentinel readers are eligible to participate, the only stipulation being the theme of Saltaire and/or Airedale. Entries accepted all year round, winner published annually in September.
John Nicholson (1790-1843), “The Airedale Poet”, died tragically on the bank of the river, close to what is now Victoria Road. The Sentinel Picture of John Nicholson is an electronic adapation of the engraving by W. O. Geller
LABYRINTH MADE TO AMAZE
Watch out for an unusual attraction in the grounds of the United Reformed Church in the very near future. Minister Rev. Paul Breeze will be setting up a prayer labyrinth. "It's like a maze marked out on the ground" says Paul, "With various objects along the way to encourage people to pause and pray." Villagers can expect to see and hear more of the URC's mission initiatives.
Regular Features
Barlo & Shaw’s A to Z of Saltaire street names
This month: VICTORIA
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Through the Saltaire Keyhole with The Shipley and Saltaire Times
March 1879
USEFUL HINTS : COOKING AN OLD HEN.
Researched by local writer and historian, Clive Woods.
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Roger Clarke's Saltaire people
This week: Michael Halliday
Michael Halliday was the licensee of the Boathouse Inn for a year until August 2005, having previously been assistant manager there for three years from 1997. His family has a long association with the Village as both his father and grandmother worked...
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Local history
Ten Lessons on Cottage Cookery
Roger Clarke thinks that Saltaire residents today are spoilt for choice when it comes to eating out and tells us that even in 1860 the situation in Saltaire was much better than in the rest of Bradford. Sir Titus' dining hall...
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Roger Clarke's History of VICTORIA ROAD, Nos. 5 – 7
No.5 was a general dealer's, according to the census for 1871 and again for '81, but by 1894 had become a fish and chip shop. No.6 was a grocer's in 1881 and a greengrocery by 1894. By the 1930s, Nos. 5 & 6 had jointly....
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