Blogs tagged "Saltaire"

The Angus Ferguson Community Barge My husband and I enjoyed a trip on Saturday afternoon along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal from Hirst Wood in Saltaire to Shipley on the Angus Ferguson Community Barge. It was part of the Multi-Story Water Theatre along the River Aire and Leeds-Liverpool Canal...

Firstly, I am not a royalist and the money spent this year for Her Majesty's Jubilee is estimated to be around 3 billions pounds.... that is obscene. So when I heard that she was to visit the Pace Corporation in Saltaire (the building next door to mine), I decided to take a short walk to mingle and...

Saltaire gained its World Heritage status on 16 Dec 2001, and celebratations take place each year in April. The 2012 event took place last weekend on the 20-21 April. Events began on Friday evening with a gig at Caroline Street Social Club headlined by steampunk rock band BB Black Dog. The ma...

The New Mill Chimney is a copy of the campanile of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice, a gesture that took the Victorian Italianate architecture of Saltaire to a new level. The Santa maria Gloriosa dei Frari (St. Mary of the Friars), is one of the greatest churches of Venice. It stand...

Went back to the weir today to experiment with slowing the water down. I have had quite a few attemtps since living here right beside it, but never seem to be there at the right time of day when the lighting is right. Tried a few with the mill in the background, but they all had burn out either in...

A fine but windy day, and the Aire River weir is certainly producing water power at the moment.