Shipley Glen & Tramway Collections

Item set

Identifier: COL67
Title: Shipley Glen & Tramway Collections
Description: Items associated with Shipley Glen, a green open space near to Saltaire. From the late nineteenth century it was the site of popular entertainment, including a rollercoaster and toboggan ride. The Tramway ran from the edge of Saltaire up the valley side to the Glen.

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Associated place or event: Shipley Glen, Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Type: Collection

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D3-100: Leisure - Park & Amenities
Album of news cuttings on Shipley Glen and the Tramway. Also includes photos of Salts High School girls working on farms in 1947
D3-101a: Shipley Glen toboggan run
Photograph of Sam Wilson's Toboggan Run on Shipley Glen
D3-102: Shipley Glen
Booklet 'Shipley Glen'. Articles by Alan Cattell include:The Glen, Early Days, Early rides and New Experiences, The development of the Japanese Gardens
D3-103a: Article on Shipley Glen
My Community Hub' Magazine Sept. 2012. Includes articles by Allan Cattell on Shipley Glen
D3-104a-b: Leisure - Park & Amenities
Large laminated copy + Photocopy of article from Illustrated Mail 21st May 1904 'Hartley's Japanese Garden'
D3-105a-b: Leisure - Park & Amenities
Laminated page and printed copy of 2 postcards of Japanese Gardens 1913
D3-106a: Leisure - Park & Amenities
Original photograph of the Linley family of the Japanese Gardens
D3-107: Leisure - Park & Amenities
Photocopy of postcards of Switchback, Tramway & Airedale Harriers
D3-108a-b: Leisure - Park & Amenities
2 copies of typed article: 'Memories of the Japanese Gardens' by Margaret Ellis
D3-109a: Leisure - Park & Amenities
Booklet: 'Shipley Glen: An explantory outline of Physical Features etc. by W.P. Winter
D3-110: 1d up 1/2d down
Booklet '1d up 1/2d down' by Whitrick & Leak 'Trackless Publication' 1982). A bookley about the Shipley Glen tramway.
D3-111: Leisure - Park & Amenities
Laminated Photocopy of Telegraph & Argus article 'Fun in the Glen' by Mike Priestley (25th June 1997)
D3-112: Leisure - Park & Amenities
Laminated copy of Aire Valley Target article 'Historical Tramway is Top for Tourists' (13th May 1999)
D3-113: Article entitled 'The Glen' by Alan Cattell
Copy of 'The Prosider' magazine with article 'The Glen' by Alan Cattell (Winter 2011)
D3-115: Leisure - Park & Amenities
Newscutting 'Ticket prices frozen at Tramway' Airevalley Advertiser 11th Jan 2013
D3-116: Leisure - Park & Amenities
Laminated copy of poem 'Roses in December' by Margaret Napier
D3-119a: Leisure - Park & Amenities
'Flowers From The Glen' A book of poems by James Waddington (original & copy)
D3-120: Plan of Saltaire Park
Photocopy of a plan of Saltaire Park (1870)
D3-121: Leisure - Park & Amenities
Newspaper cutting: 'Fun in the Glen for Generations' (25th June 1997)
D3-130: Leisure - Park & Amenities
Copy of a postcard showing people on the Glen Tramway c.1950s