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reminded of the origins of Saltaire as well as its development after the demise of its founder Look out for hitherto unpublished pictures of the Salt family home at Milner Field.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.