Dope Old PersonWe are on holiday in #Haworth
It was rather a long drive for a few days! Late afternoon walk - cold but sunny #brontesisters
It was rather a long drive for a few days! Late afternoon walk - cold but sunny #brontesisters
Jimin has come on holiday with us, and is seeing how much YouTube we can watch while husband has popped out for "people free photos" #Haworth #BTS
( woke up early... I'm so used to black out curtains! It's difficult when there aren't any. But I crashed out at 8.30 last night. ) #holiday
We made it to The Brontë Waterfall! And then Top Withens ( Wuthering Heights)! There was no doubt my husband would, but I wasn't sure I could. Some bits were really steep. But it was beautiful, and cold. A well earned pub lunch afterwards. #Yorkshire #Bronte #walk
More photos #bronte #Yorkshire
Secondly we arrived at #Saltaire #Yorkshire and walked round the park - of course!
Then around #Saltaire - a town built for mill workers around the new mill - there's so much history to read about this #Yorkshire
And the mill is converted into an arts centre and office space, with original features, and a restaurant #Saltaire #Yorkshire #SaltsMill
Very interesting from both a history and textile viewpoint - there was an exhibition. Mr Salt already had 5 mills, this mill was large enough to have everything on one site. He accidentally discovered alpaca wool and blended it into his fabrics. The alpaca is a symbol for the label!
Meanwhile he was wanting good accommodation for his workers, and facilities to improve their education.
We came home via #hebdenbridge where #RiotWomen was filmed - it started cold & cloudy but then the sun came out ( all through the long drive home)
We didn't go on holiday because of mills & canals, but it became a thread between the other Brontë and Railway things. This is a sculpture in Hebden Bridge marking their last mill, which made corduroy fabrics, which need a special needle ( the sculpture) and was run for a while as a co-operative ( I looked it up)
I read this morning that Charlotte Brontë "blue dress" was made from fabric woven at Salt Mill, using his alpaca yarn.
And: Aquaducts! Engineering!
