Saltaire Collection

Item sets

• Persons and organisations

  Persons and organisations associated with an item, such as their creator, owner, publisher, or user.
• Places

  Names of places associated with an item, such as the place of creation, or of use.
• Events

  Names of events associated with an item.
• Barleybrook Films Collection
• Barlow Collection
• Berry Family Collection

  Items associated with the Berry family who lived in Saltaire during the 20th century, attending local schools and running a shop on Victoria Road.
• Bleasdale Collection
• Albert Bowtell Collection

  Albert Bowtell worked in the accounts department of Salts Mill for 28 years up to its end as a textile mill in 1985. He was very interested in the history of the textiles business and gave illustrated, entertaining talks on the story of Saltaire. We also have a large collection from his wife Joycert, another worker at Salts Mill. Albert sadly died in 2003 but in 2007 his widow Joyce kindly donated his extensive archive of photographs, original documents, Salts-company objects and newscuttings.
• Briggs Collection

  Items donated by Anthony Briggs
• Brook Collection

  Items donated by local historian Les Brook
• Brown Collection
• Bruce Collection
• Burrows Collection

  Items donated by Dorothy Burrows.
• Clarke Collection

  Items donated by local historian Roger Clarke.
• Clive Woods Collection

  Clive Woods was a local historian, and leading campaigner for the preservation of Saltaire's heritage. He sadly died in 2007, but his large and diverse collection reflects his interests in everything to do with Saltaire.
• Coates Collection

  Items donated by local historian Colin Coates.
• Cotson Collection
• Denys Salt Collection

  Items donated by Denys Salt, great grandson of Sir Titus Salt.
• Foster Collection
• Garner Collection
• Glott Collection
• Halstead Collection
• Hanson Collection
• Hellawell Collection
• Isabel Salt Collection

  Items associated with Isabel Salt, granddaughter of Sir Titus Salt
• Jackson Collection
• Kendall Collection
• King Collection

  Items donated by local historian David King
• Lady Prudence Salt Collection

  Items related to Lady Prudence Salt.
• Lady Mary Salt Collection

  Items related to Lady Mary Salt.
• Larvin Collection

  Items donated by the estate of Donald Larvin. Donald collected information and did research on the history of Saltaire and its neighbourhood.
• Lawler Collection

  Items donated by Eddie Lawler
• Local Guides Collection

  Books, leaflets and maps giving information on Saltaire and its surrounding area.
• Lund Collection
• Baker Collection
• Marsden Collection
• Mawson Collection
• McKerracher Collection
• Moore Collection

  Items donated by S Moore.
• Morrell Collection
• Nicholas Salt Collection

  Items donated by Nicholas Salt, a great grandson of Sir Titus Salt.
• Noble Collection
• Hulme Collection
• Pace Collection

  Items related to Pace Micro Technology Limited.
• Personal Memories Collection

  Personal memories, reminiscences, and memoirs mainly associated with working and living in Saltaire.
• Philips collection
• Preston Collection
• Price Collection
• Priestley Collection
• Randall Collection

  Items donated by Peter Randall
• Rhodes Collection

  A donation by John Rhodes of digital photographic images of Saltaire. The photographs are recent (early 21st century) images of a wide range of sites and events around Saltaire.
• Roberts Family Collection

  Items associated with the family of Sir James Roberts, owner of Salts Mill and Saltaire in the early twentieth century.
• Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition Collection

  Items associated with the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition held in Saltaire in 1887. There are many other related items in other collections. Follow the Associated link for the 'Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibitionl' to find out more.
• Salt School Collection

  Items associated with the Salt School board which included the Boys' and Girls' High Schhols and the Technical School.
• Saltaire Arts Trail Collection

  Items associated with the Saltaire Arts Trail, an annual celebration and exhibition of art held in the village since 2006.
• Saltaire Booklets Collection

  A collection of booklets related to Saltaire.
• Saltaire Collection

  The core collection. If an item is not in one of the other collections then it is in this one.
• Saltaire Congregational Church Collection

  Items associated with Saltaire Congregational Church. This is now the United Reformed Church.
• Saltaire Festival Collection

  Items associated with Saltaire Festival, an annual entertainment held in September since 2003.
• Saltaire Houses Collection

  Items associated with the housing in Saltaire.
• Saltaire Memories Group Collection

  Items donated by the Saltaire Memories Group, a project that collected personal memories
• Saltaire Methodist Church Collection

  Items associated with Saltaire Methodist Church
• Saltaire Review Collection

  A collection of copies of the 'Saltaire Review' published during the early 21st century.
• Saltaire Village Society Collection

  Items donated by Saltaire Village Society, founded in 1984.
• Salts Mill Centenary

  Items associated with celebrations In 1953 for the hundred year anniversary of the opening of Salts Mill. There are many other items in other collections. Follow the Associated link for the 'Centenary Trip to Blackpool' to find out more.
• Sharp Collection

  Items donated by Dorothy Sharp
• Shaw Collection

  Items donated by local historian Dave Shaw.
• Shetton & Wood Collection
• Shipley College Collection

  Items donated by Shipley College
• Shipley Glen & Tramway Collections

  Items associated with Shipley Glen, a green open space near to Saltaire. From the late nineteenth century it was the site of popular entertainment, including a rollercoaster and toboggan ride. The Tramway ran from the edge of Saltaire up the valley side to the Glen. There are many other items in other collections. Follow the Associated link for the 'Shiply Glen' to find out more.
• Shuttleworth Collection

  Items donated by the Shuttleworth family
• Smith Collection
• Stuart Collection

  Items donated by Ann Stuart. As an adult learner, Ann attended several creative craft and textiles courses at Shipley College during the early 2000s. She donated portfolios of her work and many designs as example records of what students were doing at the time.
• Thornton Collection

  Items donated by Bert Thornton.
• Townsend Collection

  Items donated by the Townsend family
• Unwin Collection
• Varo Collection
• Watson Collection

  Items donated by local historian Ian Watson
• Whitaker Collection
• Wilkinson Collection

  Tom Wilkinson was the head of the design office for Salts (Saltaire) Limited, at Salts Mill, from the 1950s. Tom kindly donated a number of his technical design books to the Saltaire Collection. These included a work-book used to develop new designs.
• Robinson Collection

  Items donated by the Robinson family. Items are related to Shipley Grange, a large house between the centre of Shipley and Saltaire.
• Woolley Collection
• Wright Collection

  A collection of items related to Joseph Wright. From very humble beginnings, and with some very elementary education at the Factory School in Saltaire, Wright went on to great academic achievements eventually becoming a Professor of Philology at the University of Oxford.