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CRICKET REPRIEVE TRAINING FOR TREES

Shipley Area Planning Cricket Club is once again offering Committee has been told it must reconsider training for youngsters between the ages of Musical Director Morgan Griffiths with some members of its decision to remove Hammonds Saltaire Band. Photo with permission, from the the four trees at the seven and thirteen band's website at www.hammondsband.org.uk under the supervision junction of Saltaire Road and Victoria of coaches with full The Yorkshire Building John Myles , Chairman English Cricket Board Society (YBS) Champ- of the Band said "It was Road. The Council's Environment & Waste qualifications. ionship Brass Band, unanimously agreed, Sessions will be taking often thought of by local Hammonds Saltaire Management Improve- ment Committee has place at the Sports Hall folk as "the former Band was the right of Grammar Hammonds Band ”, now name to reflect the recommended that the trees remain at least School until the end of really is Hammonds Band’s heritage and March, from 4 to 6pm Saltaire Band , a name take us forward - back until other traffic on Sundays, costing a which reflects its 150 to the future! " The band measures at the mere £2-50 a time. year history and its new will be participating, junction have been The club quite rightly sponsorship deal with under its new name, in tried and tested for six already enjoys an with McCormick (UK) the Yorkshire Area months. The campaign outstanding reputation Ltd, which owns the Contest at St. George's by local people, which for its work in the Hammonds (famous Hall on March 8th. is responsible for the community, especially sauce of Shipley) brand The story behind the trees' survival thus far, with young people. name . name[s]: See page 2 >> continues.

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Hammonds Saltaire Band A Very Brief History It’s official! Saltaire will be without an

In 1855 a brass band was formed on-site Tourist Information Centre under the patronage of Sir Titus Salt (reportedly costing him a thousand until 2010 - at the earliest. pounds a year), almost all the Even then there are no guarantees that it won’t stretch on for much members being Mill employees, with longer, says Roger Clarke . Joseph Paley as conductor. Under the 2010 is the earliest guesstimate, but the process of obtaining funding great John Gladney, this band took which the Council and College have chosen to pursue is so complicated second prize at the prestigious Belle and unpredictable that no-one can be certain, and a hold up with any Vue September contest in 1874, but one of the ambitious plans can easily hold up all the rest. by 1894 Brass Band News regretfully Saltaire Project Team was recently told that the old Dining Room by announced that “the once famous the train station is being converted into a high quality, state of the art Saltaire Brass Band is no more”. TIC, which everyone applauds. But until then, visitors to Saltaire will Thirty-eight years later to the month, have to rely on information from . They will be able to visit the same publication was able to the TIC in Bradford Hall, or the Bradford website, or consult the report the emergence of Salts Silver Council’s promotional booklet for the area. If you turn up in Saltaire Band under the tuition of H B without consulting any of these, you’ll find that the cupboard is bare. Hawley in the Royal Café, Saltaire. As a result, visitors will continue to wander round the village seeking Hawley was a local organist and out anyone who will help them, and chancing that local shopkeepers composer, publishing several will give them directions. marches. He was also the managing Patricia Tillotson is the officer responsible for making these decisions. director of Hammonds Sauce She is sure that there is a multi-million pound need for on-site tourist Company of Shipley and early in information in 2010 or beyond, but puzzlingly sees no need for on-site 1946 transferred his musical efforts to interim arrangements right now, just as she has ignored tourist on-site the formation of a new junior band needs since Saltaire became a World Heritage Site in 2001 and before there. This effectively meant the end this time. She bases this conclusion on the fact that she has not received of Salts Silver, but several of the any complaints from tourists or shopkeepers. It must be difficult for her players were happy to follow Hawley to stay in touch, even if she wanted to. She’s based 4 miles away in in his new venture. Hawley died on Bradford. She has the unlikely title of Bradford Council Visitor December 22 nd 1953 and was Economy Manager with the Commercial and Support Services succeeded by his son Horace. Department of the Council, and nothing which obviously links her with Hammonds Sauce Works Band TIC’s or Saltaire. There are no feedback forms around the village with enjoyed great success for over twenty her name on them, which would be an obvious way to check it out. years from 1966, when Geoffrey She’s not in any of the promotional literature which she recommends. Whitham became musical director, Life must be so much easier, not knowing. and in 1976 they were the first British Craig McHugh, Saltaire World Heritage Site Officer, has received brass band to tour Australia since complaints from visitors, and the local community are more than ready Besses o’ th’ Barn in 1910. to come up with examples. You have to be available on site in order to Changes in management at the Sauce appreciate the problems which are caused – which is why, as tour guide, Works brought difficulties and unrest I come into contact with it so frequently. to the band in the early eighties and Patricia says that she has also looked at possible locations for an interim again in the nineties, when their TIC, but believes that none of them are suitable. This means that sponsorship ended. From 1993 until suggestions from the meeting such as the Mill, Caroline Street Club and 2004, having been rescued by 13, Victoria Road possibilities were rejected because of Patricia’s Yorkshire Building Society, the Band, exacting standards. Nothing will do for her except the long term Dining then YBS, won the British Open Rooms project. It is difficult to see how she can adopt this position and Championships four times and the at the same time both she and Ian Durham of European Brass Band Championships emphasise that there are “absolutely no guarantees that it will happen in an amazing eight. 2010”. We are grateful to Mr. John Myles , Saltaire residents are becoming used to the high handed treatment of Chairman of Hammonds Saltaire their concerns by councillors and officers, as the recent developments in Band, for this information. the saga of the trees at Saltaire Road junction can testify. The Saltaire Sentinel

EDDIE'S SONG OF THE SEWER PETER MAGIC RANDALL Saltaire writer Eddie Lawler 's songs don't hit the top ten, but they do engender some surprise echoes. NUMBER Gentleman’s The title song of his second of three CD's, "Bradford Hairdresser Beck", is an appeal to put an end to the THREE PICTURE FRAMING "Contaminated Water" signs which flank the Beck at HOUSE SIGNS its Shipley end, after it emerges from its underground 2 Victoria Road AND MUCH MORE ! progress under Bradford city centre. Open Tues-Sun 205 Bingley Road A listener from Germany pointed out that a similar Full of surprises 01274 – 597140 stream in the town of Soest (rhymes with "toast" with 01274-587313 ______a Yorkshire accent) has been opened up and VICTORIA transformed from a sewer to a town-centre asset. SALTAIRE TEAROOMS More recently, an email arrived from New York City NEWSAGENTS asking permission (willingly granted) to use some of 8 Victoria Road 9 Victoria Road the lyrics of in a publication from Open Daily Steve Duncan who describes himself as "an urban Cards, tobacco etc. Coffee, tea, cakes, Open 6am-5pm historian and amateur industrial archaeologist". scones, snacks and Sundays 8am-4pm Steve is an explorer of underground waterways, and novelty gifts Daily deliveries 01274-823092 recently took his camera down under the City Hall. 01274 – 595389 ______You can admire his results on www.undercity.org ______To see the Soest sewer asset you need to find The SPA http://www.niederrhein.nrw.de/lippe/bilder/thump/ab SALTAIRE 21 Titus Street b_4_1_2_1_4.jpg BOOKSHOP The Authentic Bradford Beck the song, which contains the lines, 217 Bingley Road Village corner shop "[But] the pleasure ends near Four Lane Ends as I'm Open Mon-Sat 10-5 Groceries, sweets, shoved underground. And what goes on as I flow on Thursdays till 8pm frozen food, Nobody gives a damn/ Cos instead of being a New and second hand books Etc.etc.etc. chuckling stream -A sewer's what I am!" Regular Events Open Mon-Sat can be heard at www.eddie On Thursdays 6.30-8 8.30am-10pm ______Authors read and talk. Sun. 10am-10pm £2.50 includes refreshments and a VÉÜÜxáÑÉÇwxÇvx 01274- 826534 chance to win a book. Jennifer Bacon contacted the Sentinel to share her 01274-589144 ______views on the state of the local railway station: SALTS As a regular visitor to Saltaire and the station I must ADVERTISING admit I am disgusted at the state of the waiting in The Sentinel areas on the platforms as they are covered in litter. MILL All the establishments featured Considering Saltaire is a World heritage site I find it in this column and the one Open Every Day rather upsetting . I know Saltaire gets lots of visitors opposite serve as outlets for this newspaper and are Attractions include: from all over the country and the world and they must really wonder why the station is allowed to look promoted on that basis. No SALT’S DINER financial transaction is so disgusting. Surely someone should be taking pride Cafe in to the involved. Enterprises and in trying to make Saltaire look tidy. Opera initiatives are mentioned Also the amount of dog dirt all over the place!!! elsewhere, as are events, in the SALTAIRE HISTORY I know Roberts Park is getting a make over this year, context of their interest and EXHIBITION but I believe in the meantime more could be done to benefit to the local community; not for the profit of individuals 1853 Gallery tidy the village up .It wouldn`t cost a fortune and I or businesses. would then be proud to promote the village , where Please note that space in the ADMISSION FREE as at the moment I feel I cannot. This unique village Sentinel is not for sale but 01274-531163 should be treated as a jewel in the crown of neither is it offered free for commercial advertising . Bradford !!

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SALTAIRE UNITED REFORMED VILLAGE CHURCH ANNIVERSARY SALTAIRE

BISHOP TO PREACH AT URC WEBSITE BOOKSHOP The Saltaire Sentinel is Saltaire United Reformed Church celebrates the 217 Bingley Road available online, via the not building’s one hundred and fiftieth anniversary. Thursdays 6.30-8pm for profit Saltaire Village A number of guest preachers have been invited, Feb.19th Website, thanks entirely to including Revd. John Marsh, Moderator of the Paul Sutherland reads from his poetry based Pamela Reynolds, who General Assembly of the United Reformed Church, who will lead the service on Easter Day, and Revd. on his travels around manages and maintains the the world and from his Peter Whittaker, Chairman of the site at th latest collection. District of Methodist Churches, on March 29 . Feb. 26th www.saltairevillage.info th Sunday, February 15 will be an especially Five poets based ______DAVE'S CENSUS ecumenical occasion, as the Bishop of Ripon and around the "Swarm" Leeds, the Rt. Revd. John Packer takes over the anthology. Authors SURPRISE pulpit to deliver a sermon. read and talk. The 1911 census is now £2.50 includes a drink Whoever does the preaching, the church welcomes and a raffle ticket - available for all to see at all to worship every Sunday morning at 10.30. chance to win a book. http://www.1911census.co.uk ______Dave Shaw has had a CONCERTS AT St. PAUL'S POTATO DAY quick taste of accessing The highly respected organist Dr. Simon Saturday, Feb. 21st it and tells us: Lindley, of Leeds Parish Church, will give a Exhibition Building "I can remember going special concert at St. Paul’s, Kirkgate, on Exhibiton Road to my grandparents on West Yorkshire Saturday, February 14 th at 2.30pm Victor Street in Organic Group to help raise funds for the church’s organ Manningham, and I ______appeal. Dr. Lindley, who has taken time out of his knew my grandmother LIBRARY BUS busy performance schedule, is understood to have was from Lincolnshire, At the junction of planned a very varied programme for this special Caroline Street and Albert but the 1911 return gives event. A former president of the Royal College and Road every Wednesday other details that I didn't the Incorporated Association of Organists, he is 6.30–7.00pm. know - my grandfather patron of St. Paul’s Organ Appeal – as are Dr. For information on the was a velvet weaver - Harry Bramma, who gave a concert in the church Home Delivery service: probably just up the road last year, and Philip Davies MP. 433669 at Listers." The three manual and pedal organ at St. Paul’s was ______built in 1892 by J.J.Binns and is widely regarded as WORLD HERITAGE SALTAIRE POLICE one of that famous manufacturer’s finest. AND COMMUNITY WHEELIE Tickets for the concert can be purchased on the Does NOT talk rubbish CONTACT POINT door for £6 each, with £5 concessions . (At the Victoria Road The present season of regular concerts at the entrance to ) church continues on Friday, February 27th with a Open Wednesday visit from the Peter Frank Dixieland All Stars . 10-00 -1.00 p.m. Other concerts will feature: Miscellany, returning Come along and talk, or by popular request on March 20 th and the contact us on: Players on April 24 th . 01274 537416 Tickets cost £5 if purchased in advance or £6 on [email protected]

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