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=== Pleasure Grounds === [[File:Shipley Glen Railway - geograph.org.uk - 17666.jpg|190px |thumb |right |[[Shipley Glen Tramway]]]] In northern Shipley off Prod Lane there was a small fairground with [[Bumper cars|dodgem cars]], booths and a historic "Aerial Glide" [[suspended roller coaster]] that for a short period had listed building status.<ref name=AAB3>{{cite web |title=Shipley Glen |work=All About Bradford Three |access-date=27 February 2011 |url=http://sites.google.com/site/allaboutbradfordthree/shipley-glen}}</ref><ref name=TPG>{{cite web |last=Radice |first=Gary |title=A Tale of Shipley Glen: The Mike Short Interview |work=themagiceye |access-date=27 February 2011 |date=November 2003 |url=http://www.joylandbooks.com/themagiceye/articles/taleofshipleyglen.htm}}; {{cite web |title=Shipley Glen Aerial Ride |work=www.ukrides.info |access-date=27 February 2011 |url=http://www.ukrides.info/shipley_glen.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303123812/http://www.ukrides.info/shipley_glen.htm |archive-date=3 March 2011}}; {{cite web |title=The Aerial Glide, Shipley Glen Pleasure Grounds, Shipley |work=joylandbooks.com |access-date=27 February 2011 |date=September 2000 |url=http://www.joylandbooks.com/shipleyglen/}}</ref> In earlier years the fairground attractions at Shipley Glen were much more extensive.<ref name=TET>{{cite web |title=The Eldwick Tragedy 1920 |work=The Eldwick Tragedy |access-date=27 February 2011 |url=http://sites.google.com/site/theeldwicktragedy/}}{{dead link |date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The fairground closed and is now dismantled and newly built (2015/6) private housing now covers the site.<ref name=SWHS>{{cite web |title=Saltaire World Heritage Site |work=saltairevillage.info |access-date=27 February 2011 |url=http://www.saltairevillage.info/saltaire_history_0005_shipley_glen_fun_fair.html}}</ref> The only working remnant of the Pleasure Grounds is the [[Shipley Glen Tramway|Shipley Glen Cable Tramway]], a [[funicular railway]] carrying passengers from just north of [[Roberts Park, Saltaire]] up the hill side through Walker Wood to the location of the Pleasure Grounds at the top of Prod Lane.
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