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This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old
photographs and archived images to show the history of various
local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and
people.
The model industrial village of Saltaire is now one of Yorkshire's
best known and most visited areas of historical interest, confirmed
by its successful bid to become a World Heritage Site. Its makeover
in more recent times, as a post-industrial community, is largely
due to the entrepreneurial and conservation efforts of the late
Jonathan Silver. Here, through Dr Gary Firth's collection of over
200 photographs, we are vividly reminded of the origins of Saltaire
as well as its development after the demise of its founder Look out
for hitherto unpublished pictures of the Salt family home at Milner
Field.
The Leeds & Liverpool is the longest single canal in Britain
and arguably one of the most successful. From its completion in
1774 to the last commercial delivery, it served for nearly two
hundred years as a main artery of trade across northern England,
meeting the industrial and commercial needs of Lancashire and
Yorkshire much as the M62 motorway does today. It offered healthy
competition with the railways until well into the twentieth century
and today provides a wonderful corridor of tranquility to the
rambler, cyclist and pleasure boater alike. In The Leeds &
Liverpool Canal in Yorkshire Dr Gary Firth has collected over two
hundred photographs of the canal's eastern section from Leeds to
Barnoldswick, as well as contemporary documents and reports.
Accompanied by evocative commentary, these show the changing face
of the Leeds & Liverpool - its vanished industries, its
forgotten branch canals and a Yorkshire boating culture that has
passed into the mists of time.
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