Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2019.44: China cup with blue motif of Saltaire Cricket Pavilion

  Commemorative small white cup with with gold rim. A blue motif shows Saltaire Cricket Pavilion from about 1927, surrounded by trees. There is wording underneath which reads: 'The Cricket Pavillion, Saltaire' MERRIE ENGLAND BAZAAR. NOV-DEC 1927
• 2019.7.1: Shuttle

  Shuttle used in the textile manufacture.
• 2019.7.2: Shuttle

  Shuttle used in the textile manufacture.
• 2021.21: The King's England: Yorkshire West Riding

  The King's England: Yorkshire West Riding - edited by Arthur Mee - with references to Saltaire, Bradford and Joseph Wright
• 2021.9: Ink pot

  China inkpot with coloured stencils of a Shipley badge on one side and one of Hall Royd Methodist Church on the other side
• 2022.29: Chasing the sixpence: The lives of Bradford mill folk

  Paperback book. History of textile workers in Bradford during the period 1920s to 1970s. Accounts of their working and living conditions based on interviews with dozens of former mill workers.
• 2022.76: Bradford Charity and the Public Purse: A history of Bradford hospitals from 1780

  A large format book on the history of medical provision in the Bradford area since the late eighteenth century. Contains many illustraions including images of doctor's books, posters and photographs. Includes mention of SIr Titus Salt's financial support for Bradford Infirmary.
• 2022.77: Salt & Saltaire

  A history of Sir Titus Salt and Saltaire by W.E. Alderson. Contains a large number of historical black and white photographs and more modern colour photographs. It was riginally a compilation of facts and photographs by the author and was not intended for public ation. It was published in memoriam after the author's unexpected death.
• 2022.78: Aerial photograph of Salts Mill and Saltaire

  A history of Sir Titus Salt and Saltaire by W.E. Alderson. Contains a large number of historical black and white photographs and more modern colour photographs. It was riginally a compilation of facts and photographs by the author and was not intended for public ation. It was published in memoriam after the author's unexpected death.
• 2023.3: Baildon - a look at the past

  A slim booklet contiaining historical photographs of Baildon, near Bradford in West Yorkshire. There are brief descriptions for each of the photographs.
• 2023.4: Salt and Saltaire

  Book containing many historical photographs of Saltaire, Salts Mill and places, people and events associated with the family of Sir Titus Salt. There are brief descriptions of the photographs
• 2023.5: Saltaire: Through time

  Book containing many historical photographs of Saltaire accompanied by modern images of the same, similar or related scene. There are brief descriptions of the photographs
• 2024.56.1: A weaver loads a pirn of weft thread into a shuttle, 1940s

  Picture of a room in a mill containing several machines. A woman is stood at a machine loading a shuttle.
• 2024.56.10: The second Midland station at Forster Square during the late nineteenth century

  Photograph shows the fron the Midland Railway station at Forster Square in Bradford. Several horse drawn carriages are visible in front of the building, A connected building has a sign 'Refreshment rooms'
• 2024.56.11: The transport fleet of Lister and Company at the rear of Manningham Mills

  Photographs shows aline of vehicles parked in front of Manningham Mills (also known as Lister's Mill). a large textile mill in Bradford. Four of the vehicles are early internal cumbustion engine small trucks,. Three are steam powered trucks.
• 2024.56.12: An Italian 'Tingelary' man in Little Germany

  Photograph shows a street performer stood behind a hand-drawn cart in Peckover Street in the Little Germany area of Bradford. Three monkeys are visible on the cart. Two are wearing clothes and are holding a tambourine and a cymbal.
• 2024.56.2: Tram setting off for Saltaire from forster square

  Picture of Forster square in Bradford. A tram is setting off for Saltaire within a busy street scene
• 2024.56.3: The Royal Standard public house and the Theatre Royal, Manningham Lane, early 1930's

  Roadside view of the Royal Standard and Theatre Royal in the Manningham area of Bradford
• 2024.56.4: Trolley bus at the Midland Street depot

  Photograph of an early trolley bus, number 240, with a destination notice of 'Laisterdyke Dudley Hill. The bus is in the centre of the image. The front of the Midland Street depot in Bradford is on the right. Some houses are partly visible in the background.
• 2024.56.5: Lister's Mill and its housing for its workers, from Lilycroft Road 1920s

  Photograph shows a wide street (Lilycroft Road) running in front of terraced houses on the left. Behind the houses, furhter down the road, can be seen Lister's Mill, a very large textile mill built in the late nineteenth century by Samuel Cunliffe Lister. A horse and cart and some children are visible on the road on the right of the image.,