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Samuel Cunliffe Lister – from Bradford Mill Owner to Lord Masham
Samuel Lister was born on New Year’s Day in 1815. He was the fourth son of Mr Ellis Cunliffe Lister, member of an old county family of Manningham Hall. At that time Bradford’s Manningham Lane was merely a rural highway and Manningham an insignificant hamlet. He was...
SIR TITUS SALT – A YORKSHIRE RECIPIENT OF THE LEGION D’HONNEUR.
What an accolade! It reflects his reputation across Europe as an enlightened industrialist who cared about his workers. At his funeral in 1876 local crowds thronged the streets in appreciation of his legacy. Salt had moved his various woollen...
A Story of the Worth Valley: from “a bun, a banana and a beverage” to boots, books, beer, bales and … curry
Nestled in the foothills of the Pennines, the Bradford area boomed in the 19th century. Economic growth founded on textile manufacturing turned the small market town of Bradford into a city, and outlying hamlets strung along the meandering rivers of West...