D3-002: Postcard of Toboggan Run on Shipley Glen with people

Identifier: D3-002
Title: Postcard of Toboggan Run on Shipley Glen with people
Type: postcard
Format: photograph (black and white)
Date Created: 20th century, late
Place created: Pudsey, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Description: Postcard featuring photograph of the Toboggan slide on Shipley Glen, a green open space near Saltaire. The owner Sam Wilson stands at the bottom right in front of a sign advertising the slide. Behind him several people are using the slide.

According to Wilson the slide was the 'Largest, wildest, and steepest toboggan slide ever erected on earth'.
Subject: Entertainment; Open spaces
Associated place or event: Shipley Glen, Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Source: Gift: Burrows, Dorothy
Rights: No copyright restrictions. Please acknowledge the work's author (if known) and the item's source
Has Format: image