Shipley, West Yorkshire Blog Directory
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Latest Blog Posts from Shipley, WEST-YORKSHIRE
- Salts Village Bakery by Saltaire Daily Photo on Nov 23, 2009 in daily photo Yorkshire Saltaire World Heritage Site shops
As I was walking around Saltaire in the fog early on Saturday, I thought how enticing the bakery looked, with its warm lighting and the fresh, morning stock of loaves and croissants in the window. I have often thought that at the weekend I should do...
- Fog by Saltaire Daily Photo on Nov 22, 2009 in daily photo Yorkshire Saltaire World Heritage Site weather Salts Mill
My fellow blogger Clueless in Boston speculated that the top of the chimney of Salts Mill must disappear sometimes in the fog. How right she is! And just to prove it, since it was foggy yesterday morning, I ran out to take a photo to demonstrate th...
- Six Days Only by Saltaire Daily Photo on Nov 21, 2009 in daily photo Yorkshire Saltaire World Heritage Site
My walk last Sunday took me through a hamlet known locally as Six Days Only. Its other name is Heaton Royds, and the picture shows Royds Hall Farm on Shay Lane. I didn't know much about it but I am indebted to the website of HH Sales Ltd, a dealer...
- Sunny path by Saltaire Daily Photo on Nov 20, 2009 in daily photo Yorkshire Saltaire World Heritage Site weather
We had storms and gales in the UK last weekend (and continuing..). It was worst in the south but on Saturday it was a bit grim here - very windy and raining. Sunday, however, turned out to be a very pleasant day, so I went for a walk - did three or...
- Wall picture by Saltaire Daily Photo on Nov 20, 2009 in house daily photo Yorkshire Shipley
Walking through Shipley (the small town in which Saltaire sits) I passed this wall picture, painted on the gable end of a row of terraced houses. It caused quite a lot of controversy when it was first unveiled in 2002, but I guess people have got us...
- South elevation of Salts Mill by Saltaire Daily Photo on Nov 19, 2009 in daily photo Yorkshire Saltaire World Heritage Site Salts Mill
This photograph shows the vast south-facing elevation of Salts Mill, Saltaire, from a vantage point slightly up the valley side. It shows how enormous the Mill is: almost 550 ft (168m) long on this side. Just imagine it at the height of its textile...
