December 2002
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University and BBC celebrate Saltaire

Staff from the University's Pennine and Yorkshire Studies Unit have been collaborating with BBC Radio 4 to make a programme about Saltaire.

The programme - part of BBC Radio 4's series 'Mapping the Town' - was broadcast last month. Saltaire is renowned as the mid-Victorian industrial village almost unchanged since it was built by Sir Titus Salt as the site of his worsted mill.

United Reformed Church, Saltaire

Listeners to 'Mapping the Town' learnt how Saltaire originated, how it was built, and Sir Titus Salt's motives for building the famous village. The programme also discussed the successful regeneration of Saltaire through its industrial heritage.

Co-ordinator of the University's Pennine and Yorkshire Studies Unit based in the School of Lifelong Education and Development, Paul Jennings, said: "Saltaire is now a World Heritage Site and one of the Bradford Metropolitan District's hottest tourist properties along with the Bront' Parsonage. "We were pleased to be able to help and to bring our expertise on the area to a wider audience."

3 December 2002

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