I noticed these bright rainbow banners in the window of the main Shipley College block, celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride month.
The building was Saltaire's original Factory Schools, opened in 1868 to educate 750 children who worked in the mill and lived in the village. There were two schools side by side, boys and girls being educated separately. They had very advanced facilities for the time, with central heating and gas lighting. I always think that it's good that is has continued ever since as an educational establishment.
The crest below the bell tower is the Salt Family crest - and more alpacas!
Rainbow colours sure do brighten up the building.
ReplyDeleteIt is a fine-looking building!
ReplyDeleteThe Education Act was passed in 1944. That means Titus Salt was a whole 76 years before his time when he built this school for his boys and girls. We desperately need such a visionary today at a time when the British ship is fighting for its economic life in stormy seas with illiterate gibbons at the helm.
ReplyDeleteExcellent contrast between windows and architecture.
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