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Local Saltaire/Shipley Sites Go!
Eddie Lawler - Musician, Writer
Fanny's Ale House
Friends of Saltaire Primary School
Saltairy Tales
Saltaire Cricket Club
Saltaire Festival
SaltaireLive (Music events at Victoria Hall)
Saltaire United Reformed Church
Saltaire Village Society
Salts Mill
Salts Sports Association
Shipley College
Shipley Glen Tramway
Shipley Green Party
The Yorkshire Accordion Festival
Sweeble - news written by you
People
Bradford Adoption and Fostering
MAD - Make A Difference - Volunteering
Further afield Go!
Baildon Runners
Skipton Web
Travelling in the Yorkshire Dales
Google Earth
UNESCO - World Heritage
Alpacas Go!
County Alpacas, Brighouse, Yorkshire
Saltaire Alpacas, Connecticut, USA
Ashcroft Alpacas, Gloucestershire

 

LOCAL SALTAIRE & SHIPLEY SITES

Eddie Lawler
Saltaire resident and local bard, Eddie Lawler’s website. Here you will find information and examples of his work - songs, poems and musicals - and forthcoming events. You can also order Eddie Lawler CDs and books from his site - and get in touch with the man himself.

Website: www.eddie-lawler.co.uk Go!


Fannys Ale HouseFanny's Ale House
Fanny's website is a little out of date - but it will give you an idea of what goes on there. A great venue if your passion is Real Ale and a civilized yet charmingly convivial atmosphere!

 

63 Saltaire Road, Shipley T. 01274 591419
Website: www.fannys.co.uk Go!

Friends of Saltaire Primary SchoolFriends of Saltaire Primary School
A really smart and thoughtful website - well worth a visit. Friends Of Saltaire Primary School ('FOSPS') is a registered charity with the objective of raising funds through events and activities to provide extra facilities for the school.

Website: www.fosps.org Go!

Saltairy TalesSaltairy Tales
This site is wonderful with poignant and artful images and words. Saltairy Tales, a musical by local bard and Saltaire resident, Eddie Lawler, was premiered at the Saltaire Festival in 2005. Saltairy Tales II will be performed at the 2006 Festival.

Website: www.saltairytales.co.uk Go!

Saltaire Cricket ClubSaltaire Cricket Club
A cracking, impressive website giving all the latest about Saltaire Cricket Club - top batting averages, most runs, most wickets - all their fixtures - and much more! Saltaire Cricket is great to watch in Roberts Park.

Website: Saltaire Cricket Club Go!

Saltaire Village FestivalSaltaire Festival
This website gives a full itinerary of the fourth Saltaire Festival which runs in September from the 7th to the 17th. The festival has become an annual event and is organised and run by local people who do an incredible job of making it a wonderful occasion for locals and visitors. Really worth putting in your diary.

Website: www.saltairefestival.co.uk Go!

SaltaireLiveSaltaireLive
SaltaireLive - brings the best in Celtic & Folk music to Victoria Hall in Saltaire.
Saltaire is on the edge of Shipley, 10 mins by train from Bradford and 20 mins by train from Leeds. The hall is on Victoria Road, only a minute's walk from Saltaire railway station and Salt's Mill.

Website: www.saltairelive.co.uk Go!

United Reformed Church, SaltaireUnited Reformed Church
The URC has its own website with everything you need to know about this interesting and beautiful church. It also has its own events calendar.

Website: www.saltaireurc.org.uk Go!

Saltaire Village Society
Saltaire Village Society launched its own website on 3 June 2007. You can contact, Eddie Lawler, the Acting Secretary with your questions: email eddie@eddie-lawler.co.uk

Website: www.saltairevillagesociety.com Go!

Salts MillSalts Mill
Salts Mill has its own NEW and BEAUTIFUL website. It is a fantastic place to visit and is open every day of the year except Christmas, Boxing Day and New Years Day. It houses the art work of David Hockney, has a great cafe restaurant, and sells books and tons of other things. A lovely place to spend an afternoon browsing. Amazingly, entrance into this beautiful building is FREE.

Website : www.saltsmill.org.uk Go!

Shipley College
Shipley College isn't in Shipley - it's in the heart of Saltaire and has several buildings around the Village. The Resource Centre, which houses artefacts of Saltaire from Sir Titus Salt's time is in the Exhibition Building on Exhibition Road. Website: www.shipley.ac.uk/ Go!
Shipley Glen TramwayShipley Glen Tramway
Visit this authentic and charming website and find out all about Shipley Glen Tramway's history and its events and running times. Local historian, Clive Woods, is often here - and so is the Tramway museum. Children will love it and it saves tired legs on the climb up to Shipley Glen.
Website: www.glentramway.co.uk Go!

No logo availableThe Shipley Green Party
The local party for Saltaire is the Green Party, returned with a comfortable majority in May 2006. Their website isn't (er - sorry to say this) the most inspiring or up to date - but if more people look at it - it may improve.

ebsite: www.shipleygreenparty.org.uk Go!

The Yorkshire Accordion & Music FestivalThe Yorkshire Accordion & Music Festival Website
The National Accordion Championships are to be held on 24th February 2007 at Victoria Hall, Saltaire. The festival will include a Gala evening with jigs, waltzes and reels. The site gives up to date info and has an entry form.

Website: www.yorkshireaccordionfestival.co.uk Go!

 

NEWS

Sweeble.com Sweeble
Your newspaper, written by you. Got news to share? A story to tell? Video to show? Information to swap? Sweeble it! Your news, your way. Go!

 

FURTHER AFIELD

Baildon Runners Baildon Runners
We're based in Baildon though we meet every Sunday in the Salt Grammar School car park at 10:00am. The Sunday session is especially aimed at beginners and improvers. Whilst we do have a competitive side to the club, the main ethos is all about enjoying running in the fresh air. We also have a strong social side.
Website: www.baildonrunners.tk Go!
Skipton Website Skipton Web
Skipton is an historic town 15 miles North West of Saltaire and really worth a visit. Their local website is great - packed full of information, brilliant photos, impressive webmastery and a discussion forum. Add it to your favourites.
Website: www.skiptonweb.co.uk Go!
Metro Yorkshire Dales by Public Transport
Explore the beautiful Yorkshire Dales - Saltaire is one of the stops on the way. The Metro website is really helpful if you rely on public transport.

Website: www.wymetro.com/HowToGetTo/TheDales.htm Go!

Google Earth Google Earth
The most amazing and FREE program on the Internet. This is a 3D computer interface to explore the planet. Fly through space and zoom in. Some places are low resolution satellite images - some are fantastic! Saltaire is very good. Really worth downloading.
Website: http://earth.google.com/ Go!
UNESCO UNESCO
Saltaire is a designated World Heritage Site. UNESCO stands for "The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". It exists to "encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity." Saltaire is described on the UNESCO site, along with all the other World Heritage Sites.
For a full list for World Heritage Sites, click here.
To go directly to the Saltaire description, click here.
Website: http://whc.unesco.org Go!

 

ALPACAS

County Alpacas County Alpacas, West Yorkshire
Shaun and Julie are Alpaca Farmers who are right on our doorstep in West Yorkshire. They also run the Yorkshire Alpaca Society. For all your alpaca needs - sales, advice, welfare - contact County Alpacas.
Website: www.countyalpacas.co.uk Go!

Saltaire Alpacas Saltaire Alpacas, Connecticut, USA
Find out more about alpacas and alpaca wool products.This is a five acre farm in Clinton, Connecticut run by Pattey and Jim Bleecker, devoted to the breeding and nurturing of an alpaca herd. They even mention Sir Titus Salt! These lovely people were the first to link back to this site. Thank you Pattey and Jim.
Website: www.saltairealpacas.com Go!
Ashcroft Alpacas Ashcroft Alpacas
Ashcroft Alpacas started in 1998 and has three ambitions: to grow a sizeable herd of alpacas producing consistently high quality fibre; to make premium end products from our own fibre and market them profitably; and to create a centre of alpaca knowhow.
Website: www.ashcroftalpaca.co.uk Go!

Recommended Links
The Saltaire Sentinel
The Saltaire Journal
Saltaire Village Society
Salts Mill
Saltaire Festival
Salts Walks
Salts Sports Association

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