World Heritage Site 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) 2) 3) 4) Sir Titus was born 112 years ago His family was rich He was born in Bradford 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 church Some shops A school A hospital A wash house A library A park 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! • Br_df_rd b_c_m_ f_m_ _s f_r _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 • David Hockney is a famous artist who 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 • Do you like them? Why or why not? David Hockney Hockney’s parents [...]... 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 • David Hockney is a famous artist who was born in Bradford...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,... David Hockney • David Hockney is a famous artist who 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 • Do you like them? Why or why not? David Hockney Hockney’s parents ... 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... Bradford 6) Saltaire is a combination of Sir Titus’s surname and the local river He also built • • • • • • • A church Some shops A school A hospital A wash house A library A park This is Salt’s... takes a photo of the cats and produces a calendar The cats of Saltaire David Hockney • David Hockney is a famous artist who was born in Bradford Now, many of his works are in Salt’s Mill There are