Salt’s Mill – John Allcock

Hockney in Normandy

09/01/202509/09/2023 by John

One of our grand-daughters is staying with us at the moment, and we took advantage of her visit this afternoon to visit the David Hockney gallery in Saltaire. I suppose it is normal that although we live within five miles of Saltaire, and in theory could go there at any time, it takes the arrival … Read more

Meeting David Hockney

09/01/202520/01/2019 by John

We are very fortunate in Bradford to have an institution, in the suburb of Shipley, called “Salt’s Mill”.* This was one of the most impressive of the Victorian textile mills that provided the spine of the area’s industrial strength until the 1960s. Then the building was bought by a visionary individual called Jonathan Silver, who … Read more