INTO THE GLEN AND BEYOND

After leaving Guiseley, our first stop is Baildon station, built by the Midland Railway to serve the village of that name up a great big hill.

Central Baildon was once served by the West Yorkshire Road Car Company's buses.

Here's the Memorial in Baildon in more modern times.

A now vanished pub in Baildon, the Bay Horse, seen as a Whitaker's house.

The Bull's Head is an excellent pub, just off the village centre.

In the heart of things is the Angel, a Greene King house, with guest beers from Yorkshire.

Baildon is high above the Aire valley. To get down there, one can use the Shipley Glen Tramway, still operational today.

Down in Shipley Glen, there's a bus rally.

A local bus company had its base nearby - Glen Tours.

As we approach the town of Shipley, we find a convenient pub and it's a good 'un, the Junction.

The triangular railway layout at Shipley was once controlled by traditional signalling. 

All lines here are now electrified. 308 154 arrives as it heads for Bradford in 2000.

333 009 is coming in on a Skipton to Bradford service in 2004.

In 2012, 322 485 calls on a Leeds to Skipton working.

Just to the south was Crossley's scrapyard where this Barclay 0-4-0ST was often in action.

Shipley also had another station, opened by the Great Northern Railway. The building still survives.

The Leeds & Liverpool Canal passed through Shipley. Here's the junction with the former canalised Bradford Beck.It once caught fire!

A swing bridge on the L&L.

Not far away is Saltaire Brewery and its Tap Room.

Let's now head into central Shipley.

Here's the town centre in the 1960s (Brian Townsley - Creative Commons License).

Bradford's trolleybuses once served Shipley. Number 747 passes the Princes Hall.

Firstbus is now the main operator here.

Other bus companies have included Keighley & District, Transdev, TLC and Yorkshire Tiger.

Shipley once had a Wetherspoons. It's since been sold and has become The Pride of Shipley.

The Branch was a decent pub, but now shut.

Confused? The Shipley Pride has now been renamed the Beehive.

The Odd Fellows was a town centre boozer that was much better inside than out. Sadly, now closed.

Now there's a new micropub, the Fox. It brews its own beer too. Worth a visit.

That's where we'll end this tour for now. Next time, we find Titus Salt's own village and move on towards Bingley. Meanwhile, here's a link to the route so far.