A1-037b,c,e: The Great Yorshire Llama
Item
- Identifier
- A1-037b,c,e
- Title
- The Great Yorshire Llama
- Type
- Format
- Date Created
- 1952
- Creator
- Household Words
- Dickens, Charles
- Description
- 1 of 5 copies of a reprint of 'The Great Yorkshire Llama' by Charles Dickens. The reprint is from Household Words Voume 6, o 140 published on Saturday November 27th 1952. The article tells a story of how Titus Salt allegedley discovered surplus alpaca wool in 1836 and started experimenting with it to produce cloth. This led to a very successful textile business and, as the article was being written, the construction of a large new mill in what was to become Saltaire.
- Subject
- Associated person or organisation
- Associated place or event
- Source
- Gift: Woods, Clive
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