Taking advantage of a crisp, breezy, blue sky day, a local walk took me up past Saltaire's almhouses around Alexandra Square. Built in 1868 by Sir Titus Salt, here he provided rent-free housing and a weekly pension for carefully selected aged and infirm occupants. Some are still used as social housing. The green square provides some attractive 'breathing space' in the village, although nowadays the mature trees, though magnificent, are huge and must take a lot of the light from the small dwellings. Some large conifers have recently been felled. Before that, the garden was even more congested!
My goodness if one of those falls over in a high wind there will be a few less carefully selected aged and infirm pensioners! On the plus side those trees will cast a relieving shadow during our increasingly hot summers.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots of different trees. That second one is probably quite old...I imagine what it must have looked like when the buildings were constructed.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful place
ReplyDeleteI've seen dedication trees too large for the area in a small green space/park. I don't understand the reasoning.
Those are lovely trees that will provide nice shade for years to come.
ReplyDeleteWonderful shots!
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