Shipley Glen, Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
A green space of woods and open moorland on the valley side to the North of Saltaire
A green space of woods and open moorland on the valley side to the North of Saltaire. In the later nineteenth century it became the site of pleasure grounds including a toboggan run, switchback roller coaster and other amusements. It was very popular with the residents of nearby Saltaire, Shipley and Baildon as a place of recreation.
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Includes a snippet about the rally of suffragettes on Shipley Glen 31st May 1908
The Saltaire Journal Vol.1 No.5 March 2012 The Second Lord of Saltaire, The Family History of Sir James Roberts by David King.
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An edition of the Journal of the Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society
Bradford Antiquary Third Series No.2 1986
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A photocopy of a newspaper article from the Shipley Times and Express describing a suffragette meeting on Shipley Glen on Sunday 31 May 1908
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A reproduction photograph of the Toboggan Slide on Shipley Glen, a green open space near Saltaire
Toboggan Run on Shipley Glen
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Copy of postcard of the Switchback rollercoaster ride in the Pleasure Grounds on Shipley Glen
Switchback rollercoaster on Shipley Glen
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A photocopy of a newspaper article from the Bradford Daily Telegraph describing a suffragette meeting on Shipley Glen on Sunday 31 May 1908