saltaire a world heritage site

Sir Titus SaltTitus Salt was born in Leeds in 1803.. When Titus grew up, he had some factories in Bradford.. Conditions for people were very bad and Titus tried to make the council hel

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Sir Titus Salt

Titus Salt was born in Leeds in 1803 His

family was rich When Titus grew up, he had

some factories in Bradford Conditions for people were very bad and Titus tried to

make the council help The council wouldn’t

help, so Titus moved out of Bradford He

moved three miles away He built a huge

factory (mill) and he built many streets of

nice houses for the workers They called it

Saltaire. (The river is the Aire)

Answer true or false

1) Sir Titus was born 112 years ago

2) His family was rich.

3) He was born in Bradford.

4) He wasn’t happy because at that time

conditions were very bad for ordinary people 5) He moved his business four miles away from

Bradford.

6) Saltaire is a combination of Sir Titus’s

surname and the local river

He also built

• A school

• A hospital

• A library

This is Salt’s mill

(factory)

What did the workers make?

They made

Cloth

Bradford became famous for its cloth making The sheep lived up on the hills The farm workers sheared them and

the workers spun the wool and made

material The material was transported all over the world

Put the vowels back in!

_ts cl_th m_k_ng The sh_ _ p

l_v_d _p _n th_ h_lls The

f_rm w_rk_rs sh_ _r_d th_m

_nd the m_ll w_rk_rs sp_n th_

w_ _ l _nd m_d_ m_t_r_ _ l

Th_ m_t_r_ _ l w_s tr_nsp_rt_d

_ll _ver th_ w_rld

Here is the church

This is Victoria hall It was the

library

Now it is used for markets/night classes/coffee mornings and many other things.

This was the school

Now it is part of Shipley College

This is a statue of Sir Titus Salt, looking

across Roberts park

Compare and contrast

Saltaire streets

• Sir Titus named the streets after members of his family He named a hall after the Queen Here are some Put them in alphabetic order:

Myrtle, Caroline, Daisy, Shirley, Katherine, William Henry, Ada, Gordon,

Harold, George, Albert, Victoria,

Whitlam,

Mawson, Jane

Stone lions and real cats

• Four enormous stone lions guard the main buildings They were carved in London and brought to Saltaire.

• People who live in Saltaire are mainly educated and smart and so they have cats

• Every year, a photographer takes a photo of the cats and produces a calendar

The cats of Saltaire

David Hockney

was born in Bradford Now, many of his works are in Salt’s Mill There are three enormous galleries David Hockney loves Saltaire

• There are some of his paintings on the next slides Write as much as you can

about them

David Hockney

Hockney’s parents