Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2020.22: Photos of William Firth working at Salts Saltaire Limited together with his retirement photos

  William Firth photos working at Salts Mill 1. Small black and white photograph showing 4 workmen outside the front of Salts Mill, two of whom are named as Albert and Billy Firth 2. Close up black and white photograph of five workmen and the Salts Saltaire Limited lorry. Two men are named as Ernest Sellers and Billy Firth 3. Black and white photograph of the same five workmen standing in front of the Salts Saltaire Limited lorry 4. Black and white photograph of William Firth winching bales of wool in the yard of Salts Mill. On the reverse side the photographer 'J.E. Tate 4 Rhodes Street Shipley Tele. 56736' is listed 5. Black and white photograph of William Firth leaning against a Salts Saltaire Limited lorry 6. Coloured photograph of William Firth leaning against a green Salts Saltaire Limited lorry William Firth 50 years at Salts Mill 7. Black and white photograph of William Firth and his wife at his long service presentation for 50 years service working at Salts. The reverse says 'J. Norman Preston & Co. photographer Bingley 12th May 1972' 8. Black and white photograph of William Firth taken at a presentation at Salts Mill in April 1967. The reverse says 'J. Norman Preston & Co. photographer Bingley 19th April 1967' William Firth, son of Harry Firth, worked for 50 years at Salts Saltaire Limited. Other members of his family also worked at Salts Mill. Albert Firth, his brother, worked for eighteen years at Salts. His sister Nancy worked for fourteen years. William worked in the transport department/yarn warehouse. he drove the salts wagon between Saltaire and Uddingston, Lanarkshire
• 2020.23: Albert Road School photographs showing Albert and Nancy Firth

  1.Black and white postcard showing Albert Road school class with Albert Firth and Nancy Firth highlighted 2.Black and white postcard showing 1920 Albert Road school class showing Nancy Firth
• 2020.5: Superior Riverside Flats For Sale - Hirst Mill Crescent Shipley, 1972

  Superior Riverside Flats For Sale. 5 pages including a description of new apartments for sale at Hirst Mill Crescent, Shipley on 26th September 1972. Also . Includes a floor plan and a description of each apartment. The agent is Water Ingham & Co.
• 2021.25.1.1: Photograph and text

  A small board-mounted photograph of Hirst Mill and text relating to the sale of the Mill (no date)
• 2021.25.1.2: Photograph and text

  A small laminated board-mounted photograph of Hirst Mill and text relating to the sale of the Mill (no date)
• 2021.25.2.1: Photograph and text

  A small board-mounted photograph of Hirst House and text relating to the sale of the House (no date)
• 2021.25.2.2: Photograph and text

  A small laminated board-mounted photograph of Hirst House and text relating to the sale of the House (no date)
• B1-186a-b: Salts Mill

  'Salts Saltaire', with alpaca in the middle of the design
• B1-187a-c: Large poster for 'Salts Belwarp'

  A large poster advertising 'Salts' Belwarp' cloth. Belwarp was a company based in Argentina and became a subsidiary of Salts.
• B1-188a-d: Salts Mill

  3 original + 1 Laminated copy of company letter to staff about the sale of Salts weaving to Stroud Riley Drummond : 23rd August 1985
• B1-189a-b: Salts Mill

  2 laminated copies of a letter asking for volountary redundancies at Salts Mill : 23rd August 1985
• B1-190: Salts Mill

  Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Centenary 1853-1953 badge
• B1-191a-c: Salts Mill

  3 photocopies of 'Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Centenary 1853-1953 badge
• B1-192: Salts Mill

  Salts Mill and Museum A short history and guide'
• B1-193: Saltaire Fabrics,

  Gold covered brochure for SALTS (SALTAIRE) LIMITED' printed by the 'Wool Record Survey'. The brochure includes many images and text describing the process in Salts Mill, including the quality control and testing of the fabric. It also describes the facilities in the Mill for the staff, such as the medical service.
• B1-194a: Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool

  1 original wallet (with tickets for train and entertainment ) for Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool 26th June 1953
• B1-194b: Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool

  A wallet containing a leaflet, rail ticket (green), passes for the Black Pool Tower, the Pleasure Beach and Olympia Blackpool and information leaflet for the Blackpool Opera House for Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool 26th June 1953.
• B1-194c: Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool

  1 original wallet (with tickets for train and entertainment ) for Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool 26th June 1953
• B1-195a-b: Salts Mill

  2 Photocopy of covers of wallet for Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool
• B1-196a-c: Salts Mill

  3 photocopies of Blackpool Opera House programme for 'The Show of Shows'