Our Victorian horse cabmen’s shelter has recently been restored through an Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant, along with support from the Association for Industrial Archaeology and The Pilgrim Trust. We’re very happy to have preserved this fascinating piece of social and transport history and we hope that as many people as possible enjoy exploring it in person.
For people unable to visit, or for those who would like to find out more, you can now explore the cabmen’s shelter using our online virtual tour. To start exploring, please go to this section of our website: https://www.tramway.co.uk/library-collections/online-exhibitions/ Below are a few screenshot images of the virtual tour to illustrate some of the features.
In addition to being able to look around the interior of the shelter, if you click on the marked points you can find out more through text, images and film clips. Features include archive footage of Bradford Town Hall Square filmed in 1896 (courtesy of the Yorkshire and North East Film Archive), a photograph of an RSPCA Inspector examining a horse in 1903, and three paintings of real Bradford cabmen in the Victorian period.
To catch up on the project so far and details of the restoration, please see our previous blog here: https://www.tramway.co.uk/2022/08/01/cabmens-shelter-now-open-to-explore/
The project has been supported by The Pilgrim Trust, an Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant, and a restoration grant from the Association for Industrial Archaeology, the national society for industrial heritage, which has supported the study, preservation and presentation of industrial heritage in Britain since 1973.
