World Heritage WEEKENDER 13-14 April 2013 ALPACAS RETURN FOR THE THIRD YEAR See over for details GLEN TRAMWAY See over for details SO, WHAT’S THIS WORLD HERITAGE STUFF ABOUT ANYWAY? It’s about sharing the OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE that is Saltaire with as many people as possible. There are 936 world heritage sites across the world. Some are natural such as the Jurassic Coast in Devon, others man-made, such as the Sphinx in Egypt. Saltaire is in very good company! Saltaire is a world heritage site because it is an exceptional example of an industrial mill town built in the 1850s. We want to use what has been built in the past to improve our present and sustain our future. We do hope that you join in our World Heritage celebrations and have a great time! Have a look inside to find out what’s going on over the weekend. Most activities are FREE!
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World Heritage WEEkEndEr13-14 April 2013
AlpACAs rEturn for tHE
tHird yEArSee over for details
glEn trAMWAy
See over for details
so, WHAt’s tHis World HEritAgE stuff About AnyWAy?
it’s about sharing the outstAnding uniVErsAl VAluE that is saltaire with as many people as possible.
There are 936 world heritage sites across the world.
Some are natural such as the Jurassic Coast in Devon, others man-made, such as the Sphinx in Egypt. Saltaire is in very good company!
Saltaire is a world heritage site because it is an exceptional example of an industrial mill town built in the 1850s. We want to use what has been built in the past to improve our present and sustain our future.
We do hope that you join in our World Heritage celebrations and have a great time!
Have a look inside to find out what’s going on over the weekend.Most activities are frEE!
The World Heritage Weekender April 2013
sAturdAy progrAMMEMost ACtiVitiEs ArE frEE! Heritage news
Visit http://www.saltairevillage.info/
Canal bridge, Victoria road timesVisit the former working canal boat Kennet - with info and exhibitions from a bygone day.
11am to 3.30pm
Children’s activities with a canal theme! The education volunteers will base the activities on two boats - ‘Kennet’ and ‘Angus Ferguson’.
11am to 3.30pm
glen tramway & Museum timesEnjoy a Founders Weekend in tribute to Sam Wilson who built the tramway in 1895. Visitors can ride FREE if you can produce the pre-decimal coins used for the fares in 1895 - 1d up and 1/2d down. So have a look down the back of your sofa!
This is an Open Weekend for visitors to see and experience what the tramway volunteers do. The volunteers are getting into the spirit in Victorian costume and will be looking to make some new recruits.
Musical entertainment will also be on offer!
12-4.15pm
roberts park timesDraw/make and/or decorate an Alpaca at this drop-in workshop! 11am-3pm
Lou Sumray Bandstand
Take a look at live Alpacas and maybe even pet one! You can find out more about these animals who provided the wool that built Saltaire.
11am-3pm Near the Lou Sumray Bandstand
Cricket Match - Saltaire vs Werneth (Friendly) The cricketers are getting into the spirit and wearing Victorian uniforms!
From 1pm Cricket Pitch
salt building, shipley College, Victoria road timesGet involved at the drop-in Textile Corsages Workshop using cloth which was woven at the Bradford Industrial Museum plus other fabric off cuts.
11am-3pm Salt Rock café
Fabric of Bradford drop-in workshop - take a look at the natural dyes used in Victorian times and which plants produced them.
11am-3pm Salt Rock café
Texere yarns - To complement the textile workshops running today, Texere will be bringing fibres and needles for felting along with sparkly and twinkly yarns for corsages and brooches plus lots of colourful wools to bring your knitting to life!
11am-3pm Salt Rock café
Polish Threads - exploring the connections between Poland and Salts Mill in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
11am onwards SG01 (classroom)
Saltaire in Song & Verse - come and join an exploration of Saltaire through songs and poetry.
2pm onwards SG01 (classroom)
united reformed Church, Victoria road timesThe Church archives will be thrown open with baptism and marriage registers on display. The café is also open offering tasty treats.
11am-3pm
Victoria Hall timesShipley College Saltaire Archive Exhibition - with artefacts, posters and images from days gone by.
11am-3.30pm Fluke Room
UK World Heritage Sites display - have a look at the fabulous places to visit right here in the UK.
11am-3.30pm Fluke Room
Unesco Youth Summit Exhibition - see what the youth of today are doing to preserve our history.
11am-3.30pm Fluke Room
Crespi d’Adda: The Italian Connection - a photographic series highlighting the parallels between Saltaire and Italian workers village (and World Heritage Site) Crespi d’Adda.
11am-3.30pm Fluke Room
The Wurlitzer Experience. Come along; listen to popular tunes from the Wurlitzer Organ, find out how it works and what it’s all about.
11am-3.30pm Main Hall
Village wide informationSaltaire Shops Trail - follow the clues and find out more about the Village.
Collect trail sheet from Saltaire Bookshop, 1 Myrtle Place, Saltaire Road or Saltaire Information Centre, Victoria Road
The World Heritage Weekender April 2013
sundAy progrAMMEMost ACtiVitiEs ArE frEE! Heritage news
Visit http://www.saltairevillage.info/
Canal bridge, Victoria road timesVisit the former working canal boat Kennet - with info and exhibitions from a bygone day.
11am to 3.30pm
Children’s activities with a canal theme! The education volunteers and activities will be based on two boats ‘Kennet’ and ‘Angus Ferguson’.
11am to 3.30pm
glen tramway & Museum timesEnjoy a Founders Weekend in tribute to Sam Wilson who built the tramway in 1895. Visitors can ride FREE if you can produce the pre-decimal coins used for the fares in 1895 - 1d up and 1/2d down. So have a look down the back of your sofa!
This is an Open Weekend for visitors to see and experience what the tramway volunteers do. The volunteers are getting into the spirit in Victorian costume and will be looking to make some new recruits.
12-4.15pm
There will also be fantastic traditional Morris Dancing to watch! 2pm
roberts park timesHorse boating harnessing demo. From around 1740 horse-drawn boats transported goods around Britain. Find out how they did it!
11am and 2pm
salt building, shipley College, Victoria road timesWilliam Fry; from Somerset to Saltaire via Otley Railway Station. This talk is about Mr William Fry who was a faithful secretary to the Governors of the Salt Schools from 1873 until the 1900s.
11am, Salt Rock café
Dayton, Tennessee – The Other Town that the Salts built. This talk will describe David & Dave’s journey to Dayton to uncover the link with Saltaire, what they found, the people they met & what prospects exist for future contacts between Saltaire & Dayton.
2pm Salt Rock café
World Heritage Sites. Explore a variety of World Heritage sites from around the globe in a series of two minute films by UNESCO/NHK.
12-2pm SG01 (classroom)
united reformed Church, Victoria road timesThe Church archives will be thrown open with baptism and marriage registers on display. The café is also open offering tasty treats.
11am-3pm
Victoria Hall, fluke room timesShipley College Saltaire Archive Exhibition - with artefacts, posters and images from days gone by.
11am-3.30pm Fluke Room
UK World Heritage Sites display - have a look at the fabulous places to visit right here in the UK.
11am-3.30pm Fluke Room
Unesco Youth Summit Exhibition - see what the youth of today are doing to preserve our history.
11am-3.30pm Fluke Room
Crespi d’Adda: The Italian Connection - a photographic series highlighting the parallels between Saltaire and Italian workers village (and World Heritage Site) Crespi d’Adda.
11am-3.30pm Fluke Room
Village wide informationSaltaire Shops Trail - follow the clues and find out more about the Village. Collect trail sheet from Saltaire
Bookshop, 1 Myrtle Place, Saltaire Road or Saltaire Information Centre, Victoria Road
other activities available... times & locationsCountryside Walk - this is a 6 mile circular walk up Hope Hill with spectacular views of Saltaire.
Meeting on the Railway bridge, Victoria Road Leaving at 10:30am
Table Top sale, organised by Saltaire Cricket Club. 10am-1pm Victoria Hall
Winter bandstand
Broken Hearts Club Band
2-4pm Caroline Social Club
Supported by
The World Heritage Weekender April 2013
A big thank you to all the organisers:
Leeds Liverpool Canal Society
Canal and River Trust Explorer Education Volunteers
Glen Tramway & Museum
Greenside Alpacas
Saltaire Cricket Club
Young Ambassadors with Sofia Maskin, Bradford Museums & Galleries
HIVE, Claire Wellesley-Smith
Texere Yarns, Joanne Smith
Polish Threads, Maggie Smith & Sarah Dietz
Saltaire in Song & Verse, Eddie Lawler & Andrew Mitchell
United Reformed Church
Shipley College Saltaire Archive Exhibition, Julie Woodward
UK World Heritage Sites display, Craig McHugh
Unesco Youth Summit Exhibition, Titus Salt School
Crespi d’Adda: The Italian Connection, Andy Abbott & Yvonne Carmichael
The Wurlitzer Experience, Cinema Organ Society, David Rushton
Saltaire Shops Trail, David Ford/Vanessa Pilny
William Fry; from Somerset to Saltaire via Otley Railway Station, History Club, Tish Lawson
Dayton, Tennessee –The Other Town that the Salts built, History Club, Dave Shaw & David King
World Heritage Sites, Helen Graham
Countryside Walk, Countryside Service, led by David Anderson
Enjoying World HEritAgE CElEbrAtions 2012
Newsletter produced by Shipley College in conjunction with Saltaire Village Society
