Changing WaysPhotographs: Mark Stevenson | Dalton Mill and Clock Tower I could see at that time that the mills were starting to close around Keighley all over the town and I thought ‘I need to be moving on somewhere’ and that’s when I left in 1975 and joined the...
Textiles Today Background Photograph: Tim Smith | Laxtons’ state-of-the-art spinning machinery in Baildon Title Photograph: Tim Smith | Weaving of Rainbow Ribbons at Wyedean Weaving in Haworth In 2022, I saw this job. And I rang them up and said ‘I’m...
Ghost Mansions Photograph: Bradford Museums & Galleries | Cliffe Castle, Keighley, view from the Flower Garden with Signor Eugster de la Deheza, Ricardo Vines and Henry Isaac Butterfield (seated) c. 1890 I know that Robert...
Research & MapBackground Photograph: Bradford Museums & Galleries | Bradford’s Skyline Title Photograph: Rainbow School | Visiting Bradford’s Industrial Museum I grew up next to Marriner’s and I actually watched it burn down. It would have been in the...
Oral History: Do It Yourself! Photograph: Alan Dix | Sangat Centre at Bradford Industrial Museum I think what people should do is show an interest in local history because one day (and I hope this never happens) there won’t be people like you, and there...
