tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post1246774792559943933..comments2023-12-31T13:20:27.351+00:00Comments on Saltaire Daily Photo: Up the Junctionjennyfreckleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12221511824958069710noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-69919600182294973732020-07-10T18:03:46.137+01:002020-07-10T18:03:46.137+01:00Hey there - Comment Ca Va! It's nice to love ...Hey there - Comment Ca Va! It's nice to love the place you live ain't it lass?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601692754494275770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-53813346107978661472020-07-09T23:07:23.024+01:002020-07-09T23:07:23.024+01:00A well known Shipley boatman needed more water in ...A well known Shipley boatman needed more water in the pound to bring up his deeply laden barge. He asked his friend from BW to raise the overflow cill at Field Lock. Next morning the BW man phoned up, "Is that OK?" "NO!" answered the barge man, "the towpath at Junction Bridge is completely under water!" "Sorry", relied the BW workman, "guess I over did it!"peter woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535535150947166836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-15660042403346164692020-07-09T23:01:32.004+01:002020-07-09T23:01:32.004+01:00My attention was drawn towards the different ages ...My attention was drawn towards the different ages of the things I could see in the photos, for instance the bricks on the bridge and the buildings on the left versus those on thr gith.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076349937962262361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-51561376522708166822020-07-09T16:52:17.784+01:002020-07-09T16:52:17.784+01:00Terrific shots!Terrific shots!William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-15674941448641844992020-07-09T14:49:17.768+01:002020-07-09T14:49:17.768+01:00It's amazing how pretty this post-industrial l...It's amazing how pretty this post-industrial landscape now looks. What Peter says above is absolutely correct - I was a Geography student in the early seventies and we were learning about the decline of industry in those days. And I also remember joining a demo against "Maggie Thatcher, milk snatcher" so she was Sec of State for Education at that time.John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-45368697309955685342020-07-09T14:09:45.480+01:002020-07-09T14:09:45.480+01:00Another lovely area to explore!Another lovely area to explore!RedPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980471119229896414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-72226332900057876342020-07-09T13:39:46.478+01:002020-07-09T13:39:46.478+01:00I love these photos. I can imagine taking the same...I love these photos. I can imagine taking the same walk-the sounds and smells that would accompany it.<br />Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5692250389062665906.post-21255629736832443292020-07-09T12:00:18.653+01:002020-07-09T12:00:18.653+01:00Jenny, I have just spent a fascinating hour perusi...Jenny, I have just spent a fascinating hour perusing your above photos and the attached Ordnance Survey maps. Can you see the aqueduct beneath the two boats bearing the L&L over Bradford Beck? I had no idea. The 1893 O.S.map clearly shows a large gasometer which stood on the new boatyard site. Presumably the coal to produce the gas would have been delivered by canal barge. On one point I must refute Steve Bottom. He asserts Margaret Thatcher "murdered" industry. In truth the run-down started after WWII long before the Scargill saga. I have myself seen textile looms being lifted bodily out of the mills for transport by sea to cheap labour India. That was a sad sight. C.F. Taylor desperately tried to retain vanishing markets by importing Pakistani labour. They lived in Baildon hostels, complained bitterly of the Yorkshire cold and their progeny, often speaking broad West Riding dialect are still with us today. They had moved up, and so perforce did I. Many Yorkshire workers took the ""ten pound POM" assisted passage to a new life in Australia. peter woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535535150947166836noreply@blogger.com