A3-004: Arrangements for 1887 Royal Exhibition
Extract from Report dated June, 1886 by William Fry regarding arrangements for the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition in 1887
Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition: Welcome arch on Victoria Road
Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition site, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Early plan of the Royal Jubilee Exhibition main grounds
A3-121: Arrangements for the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition
Arrangements for the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition
Mounted card with details of 'Extracts from William Fry's Arrangements for the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition' (June 1886)
Sir Titus Salt's Hospital: C2b-190: Sir Titus Salt's Hospital with two storeys (late nineteenth century)
Letter from William Fry to Mrs M. Giles regarding the continuation of her late husband's pension from the Sir Titus Salt's Hospital. The amount was seven shillings to be collected weekly
Sir Titus Salt's Hospital building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
E1a-022: George Morrell's Presentation Book
Illuminated Address and Presentation book for George Morrell on the occcasion of his retirement. December 1905. Containing the signatures of James Roberts and members of the Testimonial Committee. Text written by W. Arthur Fry, Hollywood, County Down. Morrell had worked for 45 years as a teacher and headteacher in various schools in Saltaire and nearby Shipley.
Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Plan of Saltaire
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George Morrell's Presentation Book: Front cover
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Inside front cover and page 1
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Pages 2 and 3
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Pages 4 and 5
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Pages 6 and 7
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Pages 8 and 9
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Pages 10 and 11
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Pages 13 and 13
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Page 14 and inside back cover
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Back cover
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Close up of first illuminated page
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Close up of second illuminated page
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Close up of third illuminated page
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Close up of author name
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Front outside of box containing the book
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Back outside of box containing the book
E1a-062: Letter to school governors about the Royal Yorkshire Jubillee Exhibition
Letter to school governors about the Royal Yorkshire Jubillee Exhibition
Transcribed extract from a letter by William Fry to the Salts Schools Governors regarding the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition and the need to clear the debt of the building of the new School of Art and Science in Saltaire
Technical and Art School: Prospectus for 1927-1928
E1a-063: Letter from William Fry concerning Vincent Riordan
Letter from William Fry concerning Vincent Riordan
Handwritten letter and typed transcription of a letter by William Fry to Salts Schools Governors regarding Vincent Riordon. Fry was helping to organise the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition in Saltaire and Vincent Riordan was a possible contact to assist sourcing exhibits. In the letter Fry expresses his concern that Riordan may not be a reliable person with which to do business.
Letter from William Fry concerning Vincent Riordan: Page 1
Letter from William Fry concerning Vincent Riordan: Page 2
Letter from William Fry concerning Vincent Riordan: Transcription
E2-004a-c: Report and Balance Sheet of the Fancy Fair
Report and Balance Sheet of the Fancy Fair
3 Photocopy pages from :'Report and Balance Sheet of the Fancy Fair'. The Fair was held in the Saltaire Institute (now known as Victoria Hall) from 12 to 22 February 1896. The Fair was held to raise funds to clear debts owned by Saltaire Schools, largely from the construction of the new Technical School on Exhibition Road, opened in 1887. The document gives thanks to the many people involved in producing the Fair. It reports there was a profit of £3702 and 19 shillings, a large sum at that time. The accounts show the sums raised by the various stalls, and details payments to various entertainers.
Victoria Hall, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Sir James Roberts, standing with hands behind his back
William Fry started working life on the railways but his life was transformed in his thirties when he moved to Saltaire to become the long-serving Secretary and General Manager of the Salt Schools. The 'Salt Schools eventually incorporated the High School (for Girls and Boys), the Saltaire Club and Institute, and the Technical and Art School In the late 1880s a new School of Art and Science was instigated by Titus Salt Junior. To help fund the new school and partly celebrate its opening, and Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, Salt devised the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition. William Fry became heavily involved in its planning, travelling round the country to visit other exhibitions at Edinburgh, Folkestone and Liverpool as well as the Colonial Exhibition in London. He wrote numerous letters to obtain exhibits and enlist support for the Exhibition. This was a difficult task because of competition with other exhibitions and attractions. William wrote that ‘obscurity, too small an affair’ were ‘prominent ideas to be combated’. William also became Secretary of the Sir Titus Salt's Hospital, likely after the management ot the hospital was passed to the Salts School Board in 1887.
Biography on Saltaire Collection website
2018.9.4.59: Various postcards and photographic images
Various postcards and photographic images
Photographs of Mr & Mrs Carlisle by Elliot & Fry - Mrs Carlisle formerly Mrs Joseph Crossley (Isabel's mother's stepmother)