C2a-069: Photographic memories of the Baker Family & Janet Makin
Photographic memories of the Baker Family & Janet Makin
Information and photographic memories of the Baker Family and Janet Makin. The subjects include life and work in Salts Mill and the party in 1953 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.
Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Plan of Saltaire
C2a-069.2: Robert Askham as a bus conductor
C2a-069.4: Queen Elizabeth II's coronation parties
Photographs of Grace Barker in early 1930s in Lister Park and after a gymnastic competition. Part of a set of personal memories of the Barker Family and Janet Makin
Robert Askham, Janet Askham's father as a bus conductor 1928-1930. Part of a set of personal memories of the Barker Family and Janet Makin
Annual Garden Party of Henry Williamson including Janet Askham. Part of a set of personal memories of the Barker Family and Janet Makin
Photographs of 3 parties to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The photographs feature Janet Askham. Part of a set of personal memories of the Barker Family and Janet Makin
C2a-070: Photographic Collection of Eliza Jane Bowmaker (Boyes)
Photographic Collection of Eliza Jane Bowmaker (Boyes)
Photocopies of the Photographic Collection of Eliza Jane Bowmaker (Boyes), the subjects include, working at Salts Mill, a school photograph from St Pauls Shipley, and Mason's Mill outings.
Salts Mill, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
C2a-071: Photographic memories of the Cox Family
Photographic memories of the Cox Family including family photographs.
C2a-072: Photographic memories of Samuel Excel and family and James W. Smith (Wilf)
Photographic memories of Samuel Excel and family and James W. Smith (Wilf)
Photographic memories of Samuel Excel and family and James W. Smith (Wilf). The book includes memories, images and press cuttings. Samuel Excel was a stone mason and helped to build the village. Wilfred Smith was caretaker for Shipley College, and found the Porters lamp which is in the collection.
C2a-073: Photographic memories of the Mason family
Photographic memories of the Mason family
Photographic memories of the Mason family.
Photographic memories of Richard McDonald. The subjects include the Salts Gym Club (1933), Saltaire First Ladies Football Team (c1936), Salts Mill and family a photograph from 1914.
C2a-075a: Photographic memories of Louie North (Burling & Mending Manager)
Photographic memories of Louie North (Burling & Mending Manager)
Photographic memories of Louie North who was the Burling & Mending Manager at Salts. The photographs are of staff in the Mending department of Salts Mill - Louie North, Salts on TV, Cornoation Year, 1953 Trip to Blackpool
C2a-075a.1: Photographic memories of Louie North (Burling & Mending Manager)
C2a-075a.2: Women from Butling and Mending department watching television
C2a-075a.3: 2 photographs of the Mending Dept. in Coronation year
C2a-075a.4: Photographic memories of Louie North (Burling & Mending Manager)
C2a-075a.5: Photographic memories of Louie North (Burling & Mending Manager)
2 photographs of Louie North, a nurse and another lady (photos are the same)
Women from Butling and Mending department watching television
Photographs of small group of women in mending department including Jean Metcalfe of far left & group watching the TV programme 'Down Your Way'
2 photographs of the Mending Dept. in Coronation year
2 photographs of the Mending Dept. in Coronation year. Part of photographic memories of Louie North
2 Photographs of the Blackpool visit by the Salts Mill Mending Department in 1953 taken at a train station
2 Photographs at Blackpool Pleasure Beach with the Mending Department from Salts Mill
C2a-075b: Photographic memories of Louie North (Burling & Mending Manager)
Photographic memories of Louie North who was the Burling & Mending Manager at Salts. The photographs are of staff in the Mending department of Salts Mill - Louie North, Salts on TV, Coronation Year, 1953 Trip to Blackpool
C2a-076a: Photograph Memories Marjorie Ramsden
Photographic memories of the Burling & Mending Deptartment, Salts Mill, the 1953 Mill Trip and the Salts Sports Association Tennis Club.
C2a-076a.1: Photograph of burling and mending room
C2a-076a.2: Photograph Memories Marjorie Ramsden
C2a-076a.3: Photograph Memories Marjorie Ramsden
Group photograph in the burling and mending dept. to celebrate coronation 1953
Photograph ladies on the train to Blackpool & Photograph of conference floor in Blackpool
Photographs - Team Mixed Team, Tennis Club Buildings & Tennis Courts
C2a-076b: Photograph Memories Marjorie Ramsden
C2a-077: Photographs and Memories of Saltaire Folk
Photographs and Memories of Saltaire Folk
Photocopies of Photograph of people and events in Saltaire including the Events in the Sunday School Hall, the Salts (Saltaire) Cricket Club, Tennis on the tennis Courts in Saltaire, the mending room in the Mill and the Mill outing to Blackpool.
C2a-077.1: George Whittaker's time at Salts Mill
C2a-077.2: Photographs and Memories of Saltaire Folk
C2a-077.3: Photographs and Memories of Saltaire Folk
C2a-077.4: Photographs and Memories of Saltaire Folk
C2a-077.5: Photographs and Memories of Saltaire Folk
Photocopies of photographs of George Whittaker's time at Salts Mill
Photocopies of photographs of Salts Cricket Club c.1940s
Roberts Park, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Roberts Park, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Promenade with bandstand
Photocopies of photographs of Salts Playing Fields
Photocopies of photographs of Events with Salts Mending Room
C3a-075a: An account of life in Saltaire: 1894 onwards
An account of life in Saltaire: 1894 onwards
An account of life in Saltaire 1894 onwards by Clara Barraclough [nee Knott]. Associated with a photograph of the Yorkshire Amateur Swimming Association in 1961 [C3a-075c], Shipley Swimming Team [C3a-075] and a note about Martha Knott.
Only viewable in the Saltaire Collection
To view the full story please contact the Saltaire Collection
Clara writes: One day in June 1894, my family removed from West Bowling to Saltaire, six months previously my father (a textile worker) had obtained a post at Salt’s Mill, with the same wage, but being paid for all holidays and sickness, which was a great boon to a family of six. It made life much easier for him too, for during that six months it had been necessary for him to leave home before 5am every morning, in order to catch the 5.30 train from Bradford Forster Square stations and so arrive at the Mill for the 6am start. The day we removed, there was a dispute at the Mill, and all the workpeople were out in the streets and the Clerk of Works (Mr. Baker) was escorted from his home in Albert Road down to the mill by a policeman. Whatever the dispute it was soon settled, and things were back to normal next day. We were allotted a house in Shirley Street (rent 4/- per week) which had a living room, kitchen, two bedrooms and a coal cellar, and of course our own flagged back yard and toilet. All the houses had coal fires in the living room and some had small fireplaces in the bedroom for use in sickness or severe weather. Cooking was done by a coal oven in the living room, the kitchen being used mainly for washing and washing up, etc. In addition to the coal oven, the living room range included a side pan (a type of water container which held about five or six gallons and was heated by fire). In the kitchen, water was heated by a set-pot, this consisted of a large galvanised or iron tub enclosed in a brick surround and heated by a fire underneath. The white clothes were boiled in the set pot and were stirred around with a thybel (a large stick with a thick end). Coal was delivered loose, a tonne at a time was tipped on to the pavement and had to be shoveled down a chute into the cellar. There was a good choice of coals in those days, ‘nuts’ were small in size and burnt quickly, giving off a fierce heat, suitable for heating the oven, whilst ‘cobs’ were larger, burnt longer and were more suitable for heating the living room. Different qualities and prices were available from the different collieries, ‘Haigh Moor Best’ was our favourite brand together with Pope and Pearson’s ‘washed nuts’, none costing more than 1/- per cwt.”
An account of life in Saltaire: 1894 onwards: Front cover
A photograph of Shipley Swimming Team at Morecambe Baths. Date ? Part of the memories collection of Clara Barraclough.
C3a-076: Memories of visiting our grandparents in Saltaire - 24 Ada Street by Charles & Cissie Goddard
Memories of visiting our grandparents in Saltaire - 24 Ada Street by Charles & Cissie Goddard
Memories of their grandparents who lived in 24 Ada Street, Saltaire, by three grandchildren. Includes phopcopied family photographs.
A personal history by Jack Hogg, born in Saltaire in 1922. His account includes details of growing up in Saltaire, including attending Albert Road School.
Jack was born in 1922 and was told that his great grandfather had originally lived in the area but had moved to Richmond, North Yorkshire, where his father and his father’s brothers and sisters were born. His father’s family came back to live in Saltaire when his father was a boy. The family lived in Upper George Street and Jack describes how the kitchen was fitted out with a gas stove and a large sink with (cold) running water. Jack was fascinated by the dry closet toilets in the village that had to be emptied manually by the ‘night soil’ men using a horse and cart. Before long, sewers were laid in the village and an innovation was installed in each house – the ‘Tipler Toilet’. This was a simple system involving a 10-inch diameter shaft that had a seat at the top end and was connected to the sewer at the base of the shaft. All waste water drained into the shaft and when an optimum weight was reached, the lid tipped over and emptied the shaft which was a bit of a shock for anyone sitting on the seat when it happened. Jack’s mother and Auntie were weavers at Salts Mill and when Jack’s father married his mother, they were allocated a house at 18 Helen Street. Most of Jack’s close family worked in the Mill. His grandfather was a lift and hoist operator and other family members worked in different areas. His mother and Aunt were responsible for two standard looms, arranged in a ‘gate’ position and driven by large belts from overhead shafting. Jack recalls the noise being ‘shattering’ and that the only communication possible was through lip reading. A poignant memory for Jack was the outbreak of both Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever in his childhood. In the late 1920’s he was confirmed as being infectious and taken to Morton Banks Isolation Hospital for seven weeks in the ‘Fever Van’. He was aged 7 years, but his parents could only visit once a week on a Saturday and visits were only allowed outside the building, where his parents could only shout greetings to him through a sealed window. Jack's memories include those of his school days, ‘wash days’ at home, the cobbled back alleys, the places of worship and the many other amenities in Saltaire.
C3a-078a: A personal history by Sheila Knowles
A personal history by Sheila Knowles covering her early life from birth in 1932, through the Second World War and early post-war years.
C3a-078b: The Franks family of Saltaire and Milner Field by Franks, F.N.
The Franks family of Saltaire and Milner Field by Franks, F.N.
History of Franks family and their relatonship to Saltaire. Includes family tree froom 1800. Contains photocopies of photographs and newspaper cuttings related to the family.
C3a-082: The memories of Sykes, Ray - growing up in Saltaire
The memories of Sykes, Ray - growing up in Saltaire
Personal history of Roy Sykes, born in Saltaire in 1942. Inlcudes account of being born and growin up in Saltaire, the houses, shops, and allotments.
C3a-084: Saltaire personal memories (The Watson Family)
Saltaire personal memories (The Watson Family)
An account of the family history of the Watson family. Some members lived and worked in Saltaire between 1860 and 1900. They lived on Caroline Street, Gordon Terrace , Dove Street and Fern Place.
D2-037: Barbara Barraclough - First Woman President of The Yorkshire Amatuer Swimming Association
Barbara Barraclough - First Woman President of The Yorkshire Amatuer Swimming Association
Photograph of Barbara Barraclough - First Woman President of The Yorkshire Amatuer Swimming Association. Clara Barraclough is also in the photograph.
Photograph of Barbara Barraclough and fellow Swimming Club members, with Clara and Barbara Barraclough labelled on the image
F1a-170: Memories of my working life at F.M.Rimmington & Son's by Norman Frost
Memories of my working life at F.M.Rimmington & Son's by Norman Frost
Personal memories of working over 60 years for Rimmington's pharmacy in Bradford.
Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Coat of arms
Brief details of the life of Benjamin B Hipkin, a schoolmaster at Birkenshaw, Shipley and Windhill. Contains photocopies of photographs and personal documents.
C3a-113: Friendships with the Knott family
Very brief account of various friendships with the Knott family.
A personal history of growing up and working in Saltaire and later family life by Eileen Armitage.
2022.3: An Italian Immigrant Abroad 1950
Handwitten booklet donated by the author Assuntina De Matteis during a surprise trip back to Saltaire organised by her daughter Rossana Pinto. This is a reminiscence of leaving the Italian village of Montefalcione on 20 March 1950 to travel to Britain to find work. Describes arriving in Britain and travelling to Yorkshire by train. Brief description of working in a mill (unidentified) in Shipley where it was 'very noisy'. Also describes staying in a nearby hostel with other Italian women similarly employed in the mills. Includes copies and transcriptions of postcards sent from Assuntina to her mother as she travelled to Britain. Also inlcudes copies of photographs of Assuntina, friends and of her husband who she met in Britain.
An Italian Immigrant Abroad 1950: Front cover