Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/393 Date 1803-1876 Description Major textile industrialist, businessman and philanthropist in nineteenth century Bradford. Commisioned the building of Salts Mill and Saltaire. Identifier PAR1 Subject Industrialist Title Salt, Titus, Sir Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6634 Date 1837-1903 Description Third son of Titus Salt Identifier PAR10 Title Salt, Edward Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6635 Date 1840-1912 Description First son of Titus Salt Identifier PAR11 Title Salt, Herbert Crossley Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6636 Date 1876-1968 Description Isabel Salt, granddaughter of Sir Titus Salt, was the only daughter of four children of Titus Salt Junior and his wife Catherine. By the age of twelve her family had entertained two visits of Royalty and mourned the death of her father. By the late 1890s Isabel had started to work for the welfare of the poor and the independence and equality of women. She became continually active in the Women’s Liberal Association and became a prominent speaker on getting women’s right to vote, although she clearly stated that she was a suffragist not a suggragette. Isabel was also a committed and campaigning pacifist, a subject that became highly contentious during the First World War. Many of Isabel's campaigning speeches and letters to the newspapers are recorded in her own newscutting books, part of the Saltaire Collection alongside travel diaries, letters, photographs, clothing and an intriguing tin of acorns. Identifier PAR12 Title Salt, Isabel Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6637 Date 1874-1946 Description Son of Titus Salt Junior and his wife Catherine. Identifier PAR13 Title Salt, Lawrence Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6638 Date 1923- Description From 1923, the successor company to Sir Titus Salt Bart. and Sons Co. Ltd. A consortium of businessmen bought the business from Sir James Roberts in 1918. The company was floated on the stock exchange and changed its name in 1923. Identifier PAR14 Title Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6639 Identifier PAR15 Title Salt, Nicholas Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6640 Identifier PAR16 Title Salt, P. Charles Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6641 Description Samuel Wilson was Titus Salt's Cashier. He spoke at the major occasion in St George's Hall, Bradford in 1865, when Sir Titus was presented with the famous bust which now stands in hte entrance of Saltaire United Reformed Church. Identifier PAR17 Subject Cashier Title Wilson, Samuel Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6642 Description General manager in the estates division of Illingworth Morris. John worked at the mill for 11 years. Identifier PAR18 Subject Chartered Accountant Title Collins, John Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6643 Date 1843-1887 Description Fifth son of Sir Titus and Caroline Salt. He became one of the leading directors of the family firm Sir Titus Salt, Bart. and Sons Ltd. Identifier PAR2 Subject Industrialist Title Salt, Titus, Junior Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6644 Date 1826-1899 Description Robert Balgarnie was a friend of the Salt family for over twenty years. Following the death of Sir Titus Salt in 1876, Balgarnie wrote a biography of the founder of Saltaire, the only biography from a contemporary. Identifier PAR3 Subject Cleric Title Balgarnie, Robert, Reverend Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6645 Date 1857-1944 Description Princess Beatrice was the youngest child of Queen Victoria. In 1887 she visited Saltaire with her husband Prince Henry of Battenburg to preside at the opening of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee, an exhibition to celebrate her mother's silver jubilee, and organised by TItus Salt Junior in honour of his father and to help funding of the new School of Art and Science in the village. The Royal party stayed with Titus Junior and his wife Catherine at thier home of Milner Field. Identifier PAR4 Title Beatrice, Princess Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6646 Date 1921-2016 Description Leading twentieth century British historian Identifier PAR5 Subject Historian Title Briggs, Asa Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6647 Date 1812-1870 Description Renowned nineteenth century novelist. Dickens wrote an article in his Household Words publication entitle 'The Great Yorkshire Llama' regarding the early days of Titus Salt's discovery and use of Alpaca wool. Identifier PAR6 Subject Author Title Dickens, Charles Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6648 Date 1848-1935 Description From humble beginnings, James Roberts achieved great success in the textlie industry. He became owner of Salts Mill in the late nineteenth century and oversaw major developments of the business. Identifier PAR7 Subject Industrialist Title Roberts, James, Sir Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6649 Date 1846-1930 Description Catherine was born in 1846 into one family of textile magnates, the Crossleys of Halifax, and married into another when Titus Salt Junior became her husband in 1866. In some ways Catherine was quite conventional, raising four children and running her privileged Victorian household, including hosting the Prince of Wales and later his sister Princess Beatrice at her home. But Catherine clearly had deep and wide interests in social and educational issues, particularly the education of girls. She helped found Bradford Girls Grammar School and served for many years on its board, and also the board of the Salt Schools. Identifier PAR8 Title Salt, Catherine Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6650 Date 1918-2014 Description Denys Salt was the Great-grandson of Sir Titus Salt, Grandson of Titus Salt Junior and Son of Harold Salt. For more than 50 years, Denys was the member of the Salt family who did most to sustain the family’s links with Saltaire. His encouragement to generations of historians, his contributions to local archives, libraries and museums, and his support of activities in Saltaire were of invaluable benefit to the local community. Denys donated an important set of documents, photographs and other objects to the Saltaire Collection, most concerning the Salt family. Identifier PAR9 Title Salt, Denys Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6756 Description The public museum is a former worsted spinning mill in Bradford. It contains permanent displays of textile machinery, steam power, engineering, printing machinery and motor vehicles as a testament ot Bradford's industrial heritage. Identifier PAR19 Title Bradford Industrial Museum Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6757 Date 1932- Description A family-run photographic business founded in 1932 and based in Bradford. Well known for its photography for industry, commerce and advertising. The company was involved in aerial photography of the Bradford district, including Shipley and Saltaire. Identifier PAR20 Title C.H. Wood (Bradford) Ltd Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6758 Date 1974- Description The local government authority for the Bradford area which includes Saltaire. The council was formed in 1974 as part of the national local government reorganisation. Saltaire had previously fallen under Shipley Urban District Council. Identifier PAR21 Title City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6759 Date 1883- Description Company founded in Dayton, Tennessee, United States owned by the Salts company. The company manufactured iron and stell, based on the large local deposits of iron ore and coal. The Salts made major investements in the company which were partly to blame for the subsequent financial difficulties of the textile business in the UK. The Salts gave up their interest in the Dayton company in 1892 and sold the textile business the following year. Dayton was the site of rich coal and iron deposits. Its original developers obtained a loan from Sir TItus Salt Bart. and Sons Ltd, but they went bankrupt. The directors of the Salts company, including Titus Salt Junior, took over the Dayton firm and made large investments to develope the site. They built: two large blast furnaces with a capacity of 250 tons of iron ore per day, three fire brick kilns and 200 coke ovens were constructed as well as 200 homes, a manager's house (costing $15,000), a company store, a schoolhouse and other social amenities. What had been a small hamlet grew into a sizeable town over a very short period. In 1892 the Salt business partners had to surrender their interests in Dayton due to the collapse of Sir Titus Salt (Bart) Sons and Co. Ltd. The investment the company had made in Dayton was a significant factor in the Salt family’s loss of their business and the estate of Saltaire. Identifier PAR22 Title Dayton Coal and Iron Company Limited Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6760 Date 1925-2018 Description Donald Hanson was the chair and chief executive of Illingworth, Morris the last owners of Salts Mill as a textiles business in the 1980s. His great grandfather was Chief Engineer for Sir Titus Salt. Identifier PAR27 Subject Chartered Accountant Title Hanson, Donald Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6761 Description Major company of architects in nineteenth century Bradford. Responsible for key buildings in Bradford, such as teh Town Hall, The Wool Exchange and St George's Hall, and most of Saltaire. Identifier PAR23 Title Lockwood and Mawson Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6762 Description The Church is located in Saltaire on land originally donated by Titus Salt (who was not a Methodist). The original methodist chapel was replaced by the current building in the late twentieth century. Identifier PAR24 Title Saltaire Methodist Church Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6763 Description Shipley College is a college of further and adult education based in several buildings in Saltaire. Opening in 1969, it was a successor to the Technical School based in the Exhibition Building. As well as this building the College also uses the former Salt High School and Dining Hall premises on Victoria Road, parts of Victoria Hall, and the new, purpose-built Jonathan Silver Building on Exhibition Road. Identifier PAR25 Title Shipley College Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/6764 Date 1889-1974 Description The council was the county-level administrative body that contained Shipley and Saltaire. It was abolished in 1974 as part of the local government reorganisation. Much of its responsibilities passed to the new West Yorkshire County Council which functioned until 1986. Identifier PAR26 Title West Riding County Council Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7143 Date 1928-1890 Description Head of the engineering department at Salts Mill during the nineteenth century. Great Grandfather of Donald Hanson, the chair and chief executive of Illingworth, Morris the last owners of Salts Mill as a textiles business in the 1980s. Identifier PAR31 Subject Engineer Title Hanson, William Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7144 Description Illingworth Morris was a large Textiles business. Between 1957 and 1986 it owned and operated Salts Mill. Identifier PAR30 Title Illingworth Morris and Company Limited Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7145 Date 1869-1915 Description Percy Illingworth was the Member of Parliament for Shipley in the early 20th century. He presided at the opening of a new cricket Pavillion for Saltaire Cricket Club that had been funded by Sir James Roberts. Identifier PAR29 Title Illingworth, Percy Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7146 Date 1840-1908 Description Member of the Irish peerage, famed amateur astronomer, and large landholder in the Shipley area. Identifier PAR28 Title Parsons, Lawrence, Earl of Rosse Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7147 Date 1812-1893 Description Born Caroline Whitlam. Wife of Sir Titus Salt who she married in 1830. Identifier PAR32 Title Salt, Caroline, Lady Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7489 Date 1853-1937 Description Harriet Byles first taught at the Salts High School for girls when Medina Griffiths was headmistress. Harriet became the second, and longest-serving, headmistress of the school in 1886. From what she wrote in her lengthy 'reminiscences', Harriet clearly admired her predecessor and followed Medina's enlightened principles in the education of her students. Her philosophy was that both work and play ‘honestly and heartily done’ was of equal importance. Many of her pupils achieved university places and worthwhile careers. Identifier PAR62 Title Byles, Harriet Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7490 Date 1789-1874 Description William was a leading British engineer and was contracted by Titus Salt to design the interior of Salts Mill. William's significant engineering skills enabled the mill to operate smoothly and perform all the functions that took raw materials through the series of processes required to make high quality cloth. William was responsible for the Mill's iron structure, the lay-out of the machinery, the design and manufacture of the boilers, steam engines and line-shafting. He also designed a tubular-girder bridge over the river Aire that runs through the village. Fairbairn published his plans for the mill in a book that ran to four editions and was translated into French and Spanish. He was justly proud of Salts Mill, his largest work of mill construction. Identifier PAR74 Title Fairbairn, William Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7491 Identifier PAR63 Title Glyn, Thomas and Company Limited Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7492 Date 1811-1878 Description Influential British architect. In 1849 he formed a highly successful partnership with William Mawson. They designed major buildings in Bradford, including St George's Hall and the Wool Exchange. Sir Titus Salt engaged them to desgn his new Salts Milll and its surrounding village of Saltaire, including its many publoic buildings. Identifier PAR75 Title Lockwood, Henry Francis Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7493 Date 1881-1982 Description Daughter of Sir James Roberts Identifier PAR64 Title Roberts, Alice Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7494 Date 1876-1912 Description Son of Sir James Roberts. Involved in the management of Salts Mill until his early death. James Roberts later gifted Saltaire Park to the public and had it renamed Roberts Park in rememberance of Bertram. Identifier PAR71 Title Roberts, Bertram Foster Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7495 Date 1904-1973 Description Son of Bertram Foster Robert, grandson of Sir James Roberts Identifier PAR72 Title Roberts, James Denby Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7496 Date 1879-1964 Description Daughter of Sir James Roberts Identifier PAR65 Title Roberts, Lily May Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7497 Date 1876- Description The Salt High School opened in 1876. Initially it occupied temporary accommodation, mainly in the Saltaire Club and Institute. In 1878 it moved into the building on Victoria Road that had originally been built to house the Factory School for Salts Mill. The High School was open to both boys and girls although they were educated separately. The High School eventually moved to a new site on the far side of Roberts Park. Today the original buildingis part of Shipley College, a further education institution. Identifier PAR73 Title Salt High School Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7498 Date 1868- Description Sir Titus Salt’s Hospital was opened in Saltaire in September 1868 and provided crucial medical help many decades before the foundation of the National Health Service. Identifier PAR33 Title Sir Titus Salt's Hospital Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7499 Identifier PAR66 Title W. J. Morley & Son Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7500 Date 1855-1930 Description Born into very humble circumstances in Idle, Bradford. Basic school education was at the Salt Factory School, Saltaire. Wright went on to study at the University of Heidelberg and eventually became a professor of philology at the University of Oxford and an eminent linguist. Identifier PAR67 Title Wright, Joseph Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/7815 Date 1840-1930 Description George arrived in Saltaire in 1860 to be an assistant teacher in the Factory School that provided part-time education for some of the children working in Salts Mill. By the early 1870s he was the headmaster, later moving to be head of the nearby Shipley Central School. George was a member of the Saltaire Congregational Church and long-serving Superintendent of its magnificent Sunday School. A life-long teetotaller, George promoted responsible drinking and was one of the founders of the Shipley Temperance Union in 1892, becoming President in 1902. He finally retired after 45 years of service. He was obviously fondly thought of and well respected. A magnificent illuminated presentation book was given to him on retirement, paid for by public subscription and to which Sir James Roberts and many eminent past-students contributed. Identifier PAR76 Subject Teacher Title Morrell, George Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/8026 Date 1950- Description Only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Identifier PAR78 Subject Royalty Title Anne, Princess Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/8027 Date 1885-1929 Description Early twentieth century artist. Born in Bingley, West Yorkshire Identifier PAR79 Subject Artist Title Foster, Walter Christopher Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/8028 Date 1898-1988 Description Fowler Calculators was a Manchester company that was founded as the Scientific Publishing Company in 1898 by William Henry Fowler. Besides their range of calculators, they were well known for their range of engineering pocket books that they published annually. Their address was 53 New Bailey Street (1900-9 at least) and their works were later in Hampson Street, Sale. They went into liquidation in 1988. (http://www.mathsinstruments.me.uk/page17.html) Identifier PAR77 Title Fowler Calculators Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/8029 Date 1865-1989 Description Joseph Parkinson founded his engineering company in 1865. The business specialised in making machinery for the booming textile industry. Identifier PAR81 Title J. Parkinson and Son Limited Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/8030 Date 1860-1928 Description Rae was a highly successful textile businessman and Liberal politician. Rae did his apprenticeship in the woollen trade and went into partnership with William Pickles as Pickles and Rae, woolcombers in Laisterdyke, Bradford. Rae was a good business man the firm flourished and opened offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane. He even bought some land in Australia and called it Greenhill Farm. Due to this Norman Rae and his wife travelled in Australia regularly. Identifier PAR80 Subject Businessman Title Rae, Henry Norman, Sir Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10526 Date 1837-1916 Description 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. Identifier PAR88 Subject Administrator Title Fry, William Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10527 Date 1840-1927 Description Medina Griffiths was appointed the first headmistress of Salts Girls’ High School in Saltaire when it opened in 1876. Her progressive views on girls’ education is summed up in her words: 'I would have girls placed on an equality with boys so far as educational advantages are concerned… I would have girls stand in the foremost rank.' Medina introduced a wide curriculum that included Latin, Greek, French, English, maths, drama, art and music. She encouraged the girls to remain in education and take a university degree. Her progressive ideas were built on by her successor Harriet Byles. Identifier PAR86 Subject Teacher Title Griffiths, Medina Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10528 Date 1916-1996 Description Pamela Mason was the daughter of Isidore Ostrer, one of the owners of Illingworth, Morris and Company Limited who purchased the Salts (Saltaire) Ltd business, including Salts Mill, in the 1950s. Following Isidore's and his brother's Maurice deaths in 1975, Pamela controlled 46% of the shares of Illingworth, Morris. She became involved in a dispute with the 'Yorkshire DIrectors' over the future of the company. This was well-reported in the press, partly because Pamela Mason was a Hollywood celebrity, having been a chatshow host and having been married to the leading actor James Mason. Identifier PAR89 Subject Administrator Title Mason, Pamela Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10751 Date 1946-2007 Description Clive Woods gave up his life as a teacher and moved to Saltaire in 1986 to continue his researches on Titus Salt and his model village. He opened a bookshop, worked for a while as a caretaker at Victoria Hall, and became a well-known guide, leading tours around Saltaire. Clive helped found the Village Society and became a vigorous campaigner to preserve Saltaire and its heritage. In the late 1980s he was part of the successful campaign against plans to build a major trunk road through Saltaire. He also worked to get Saltaire listed by English Heritage, work that helped prevent the village from being recklessly changed. In the late 1990s he became a leader of the campaign, supported by the local MP and Bradford Council, to have Saltaire recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. This was awarded in 2001, a success widely hailed as the most important for Saltaire since its foundation 150 years before. Sadly, Clive died in 2007 but his legacy is a Saltaire preserved for the future. The Saltaire Collection is proud to host his archive of research documents, books, leaflets and photographs. Identifier PAR94 Subject Administrator Title Woods, Clive Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10752 Date 1841-1861 Description Second daughter of Sir Titus and Caroline Salt. She died of tuberculosis just days before her twentieth birthday. Identifier PAR96 Title Salt, Fanny Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10753 Date 1849-1851 Description Third daughter of Sir Titus and Caroline Salt. She died in infancy of 'congestion of the brain'. Identifier PAR97 Title Salt, Mary Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10754 Description Over 6,000 Items make up the Saltaire Collection today and it all started with one person, Dorothy Sharp. Dorothy came to Saltaire in 1984 and was employed temporarily at Shipley Library, then located in Victoria Hall. Her first job was to sift through the local history collection to find materials suitable for schoolchildren. Later in 1984 Dorothy moved to nearby Shipley College as an assistant librarian and developed her interest in Saltaire's history. In 1987/88 Dorothy helped set up the 'Saltaire Resouce Base' - to support visiting schools - in the reopened Salts Mill, now a business, leisure and art centre being developed by local entrepreneur Jonathan Silver. Dorothy became known locally as someone who was interested in collecting and preserving materials to do with Saltaire. And so the donations came in, and the Saltaire Collection (as it is called now) was born and began to grow! Identifier PAR98 Title Sharp, Dorothy Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10755 Date 1815-1888 Description Holroyd wrote a history 'Saltaire and its Founder' in 1873 that was contemporary with the building of Saltaire. Identifier PAR99 Title Holroyd, Abraham Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10828 Date 1980-2015 Description Pace Microtechnology Ltd was a Bradford-based company that originally sold software for early Apple personal computers. During the 1980s the company began designing and manufacturing data communication modems and later satellite TV receivers and video recorders. By the late 1990s and into the 21st century, PACE collaborated with major, well-known tech giants such as BSkyB and Amstrad. This local business had become an international multi-million-pound enterprise and put Pace at the front of the digital revolution. From the late 1980s Pace based its business in Salts Mill. They became the first major tenant of local entrepreneur Jonathan Silver who purchased Salts Mill in the late 1980s following its closure as a working textile mill. The huge success of Pace and the company's presence in Salts Mill played an important role in the transformation of Saltaire from an old, decaying industrial mill and village into a thriving modern enterprise and desireable place to live. Identifier PAR100 Title Pace Micro Technology Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10863 Date 1878- Description A new primary school on Albert Road in Saltaire was opened in 1878, its creation supported by husband and wife Titus Salt Junior and Catherine Salt. It has remained a primary school until the present day. When it opened, Children at the Albert Road schools were taught in mixed classes of around 40 children, although boys and girls were still seated in separate halves of the room, and corporal punishment was forbidden. At the time, the Shipley and Saltaire Times reported that people were doubtful whether this new approach to education would work. Shortly after their opening, the same newspaper printed a report on the schools and retracted their earlier criticism. Identifier PAR102 Title Albert Road School Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10864 Date 1876- Description After Saltaire had been built, additional school places were required. A School of Art and Science was built at the edge of the village was completed in 1887. It became the Technical School, and contained a School of Art. Later known as the Institute of Technical Education and is now part of Shipley College. Identifier PAR101 Title Technical and Art School Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10971 Identifier PAR103 Title Kendall, Harold Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10972 Description An amateur musical society based in Saltaire in the early twentieth century. Identifier PAR120 Title Saltaire Philharmonic Society Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10973 Date 1938-2003 Description Bradford councillor and Lord Mayor in 1985-1986 Identifier PAR105 Subject Politician Title Ajeeb, Mohammed Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10974 Date 1841-1905 Description Edward Crossley was a son of Joseph Crossley, a major textile industrialist in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Edward was also an industrialist, an MP and mayor of Halifax, and a keen amateur astronomer. His main connection to Saltaire is that his sister Catherine married Titus Salt Junior. There were financial dealings between Edward and the Salts. Identifier PAR107 Title Crossley, Edward Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10975 Date 1841-1910 Description Edward was king of the United Kingdom between 1901 and 1910. As the Prince of Wales, he visited Yorkshire in 1882 with his wife Princess Alexandra to preside at the opening of the new Technical College in Bradford. While visiting, the prince and princess stayed at Milner Field, the home of Titus Junior and Catherine Salt. Identifier PAR109 Title Edward VII, King Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10976 Date 1878-1953 Description Eliza Gertrude Denby married Bertram Foster Roberts, a son of Sir James Roberts, in 1903. Identifier PAR108 Title Denby, Gertrude Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10977 Description George Long was Head of the Spinning Department at Salts Mill, and Instructor at theTechnical School Identifier PAR114 Title Long, George Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10978 Date 1939-2022 Description Hattie was a well-known local historian, a playwright, producer and sometime Saltaire guide.She wrote several plays about the history of Saltaire, and their scripts and other items have been donated to the Saltaire Collection. Identifier PAR113 Title Townsend, Hattie Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10979 Date 1832-1909 Description Isaac Smith was a member of a consortium with James Roberts, John Rhodes and John Maddocks who purchased Sir TItus Salt Bart. and Sons Limited from the Salt family in 1892/93. Identifier PAR117 Title Smith, Isaac Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10980 Description John Baker was a Clerk of Works at Salts Mill during the early twentieth century when it was owned by Sir James Roberts. He then became Roberts' representative in Saltaire when Salts Mill was sold in 1918. He collected rent for Roberts, gave out pensions and generally looked out for his interests. The Saltaire Collection includes correspondence between Baker and Roberts. Identifier PAR106 Title Baker, John Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10981 Date 1840-1924 Description John Maddocks was a Bradford businessman. He was a member of a consortium with James Roberts, Isaac Smith and John Rhodes who purchased Sir TItus Salt Bart. and Sons Limited from the Salt family in 1892/93. Identifier PAR115 Title Maddocks, John Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10982 Description John Rhodes was a Bradford businessman. He was a member of a consortium with James Roberts, Isaac Smith and John Maddocks who purchased Sir TItus Salt Bart. and Sons Limited from the Salt family in 1892/93. Identifier PAR116 Title Rhodes, John Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10983 Date 1949-1997 Description Jonathan Silver was a Bradford-born entrepreneur who bought the vacant Salts Mill in 1987. He led the regeneration of the Mill into a thriving commercial, retail, leisure and artistic centre. Identifier PAR112 Title Silver, Jonathan Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10984 Date 1895-1952 Description King of the United Kingdom 1936-1952. In October 1937, King George and Queen Elizabeth visited Salts Mill. Identifier PAR111 Title George VI, King Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10985 Date 1869- Description Saltaire Cricket Club was founded in 1869 and still operates today. It's home has always been Roberts (orginally Saltaire) Park where it has a scenic pitch and pavillion with a backdrop of the River Aire, Salts Mill and the United Reformed Church. Among its more famous players was the England bowler Sydney Barnes who played for the club between 1915 and 1925 and helped Saltaire win the Bradford League three times. Jim Laker, the outstanding England spin bowler of the 1950s, lived in Shipley, attended the Salt High School and played for the Cricket Club in the late 1930s. The club remains very active today playing in the Aire & Wharefdale Senior Cricket League. Identifier PAR104 Title Saltaire Cricket Club Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10986 Date 1791- Description The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for the United Kingdom. Identifier PAR119 Title Ordnance Survey Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10987 Date 1868- Description The Telegraph & Argus is a daily newspaper for the Bradford area. Identifier PAR118 Title Bradford Telegraph & Argus Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10988 Description Titus Salt was a member of the non-conformist Congregational Church. He commisioned an elaborate church building which was built opposite Salts Mill. Since 1859 it has been the home of the Saltaire Congregational Church and its successor organisation the United Reformed Church. Identifier PAR121 Title Saltaire Congregational Church Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10989 Date 1850-1935 Description Wife of Sir James Roberts who she married in 1873. Identifier PAR110 Title Foster, Elizabeth Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10997 Date 1853-1923 Description Salts Mill was originally owned and operated by Titus Salt, Sons & Company. In 1869 Titus Salt was awarded a baronetcy, and the company was renamed Sir Titus Salt Bart. and Company Limited. Although there was a change of ownership in 1893 and again in 1918 the name was retained until 1923 when the owning company was floated on the stock exchange as Salts (Saltaire) Limited. Identifier PAR122 Title Sir Titus Salt Bart. Sons & Co Limited Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/10998 Description A local newspaper published in Shipley Identifier PAR123 Title Shipley Times and Express Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/11233 Date 1876-1935 Description Arthur James Hill was a director of Salts (Saltaire) Limited when it was floated on the stock exchange and became a public company in June 1923. Identifier PAR124 Title Hill, Arthur Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12579 Description Colin Coates is a prolific historian of Saltaire. He has produced hundreds of timelines of people, locations and events related to Saltaire, with information taken from such sources as historical newspapers and census records. Colin has donated this set of documents to the Saltaire Collection. Identifier PAR125 Title Coates, Colin Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12580 Description Gary Firth is a historian and author who has written several books on the history of Saltaire. Identifier PAR126 Title Firth, Gary Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12581 Description Roger Clarke is a historian and author who has researched a great deal on Saltaire. Identifier PAR127 Title Clarke, Roger Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12582 Description Alan Cattell is a historian and author who has written several books related to Saltaire and the Salt family. Identifier PAR128 Title Cattell, Alan Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12583 Description A choir organised from the workers at Salts Mill. Identifier PAR129 Title Saltaire Mills Male Voice Choir Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12584 Description The in-house fire-fighting team in Salts Mill Identifier PAR130 Title Salts Mill Fire Brigade Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12585 Date 1909-1956 Description A local newspaper published in Bradford during the early to mid twentieth century. Identifier PAR131 Title Yorkshire Observer Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12586 Date 1894-1970 Description Henry Carr was a renowned British portrait and landscape artist. Between 1957 and 1959 he painted 14 murals showing the stages of textile production at Salts Mill. Identifier PAR132 Title Carr, Henry Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12587 Description A privately run cafe based in the original Salts Mill Dining Hall on Victoria Road in Saltaire. Identifier PAR133 Title Royal Cafe Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12706 Description 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. Albert sadly died in 2003 but in 2007 his widow Joyce kindly donated his extensive archive of photographs, original documents, Salts-compay objects and newscuttings. Together, these provide an important insight into the textile industry and Salts Mill. The highlight, perhaps, are over 100 original company photographs of the inside, working mill from the early twentieth century. Identifier PAR134 Title Bowtell, Albert E Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12715 Date 1895-1974 Description Shipley Urban District Council was the local authority for the Shipley area, including Saltaire, from 1895. In 1974 it was abolished in a reorganisation of local government and Shipley became administered as part of the City of Bradford Metropolitan Council. Identifier PAR135 Title Shipley Urban District Council Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12716 Date 1893-1897 Description Isaac Smith, John Rhodes, John Maddocks and James Roberts were Bradford businessmen who formed a consortium to purchase the business of Sir TItus Salt Bart. and Sons Co. Limited from the Salt family in 1893. They became directors of the company after the purchase. Smith and Maddocks resigned in 1897 and sold their shares to Roberts. Rhodes resigned in 1902 and also sold his shares to Roberts who then remained as sole owner until 1918. Identifier PAR136 Title Messrs Smith, Rhodes, Maddocks and Roberts Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12717 Date 1928- Description A real estate and property company originally operating in the Bradford area. In 1933 the Bradford Propery Trust purchased most of the houses and shops in Saltaire from the textiles business of Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Identifier PAR137 Title Bradford Property Trust Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12731 Description Voluntary group active in Saltaire in late twentieeth century recording the memories of residents of the village and workers at Salts Mill Identifier PAR139 Title Saltaire Memories Group Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12734 Description The local organisation responsible for overseeing the provision of education in the Shipley area, which included Saltaire. Succeeded the Shipley Schools Board. Identifier PAR138 Title Shipley Education Committee Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12735 Date 1912-2006 Description Doris was born in Saltaire, around 1912. Her family lived in Constance Street and she attended Albert Road School. Doris married a man who farmed at the site now occupied by Buttershaw School. Doris's father and grandfather both worked in Salts Mill. Doris had a great love for Saltaire and still kept her interest in the area until she died in 2006. Doris kindly donated a collection of 6 books she had received as prizes from the Saltaire Congregational Church for attending Sunday School. Identifier PAR140 Title Milner, Doris Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12736 Date d.1843 Description Daniel was the father of Sir Titus Salt. He initally worked as a drysalter and as a sheep farmer. He married Grace Smithies of Morley, near Leeds on 5 July 1802. Between 1813 and 1819 the family lived at The Manor House in Morley. From the 1920s up to 1833 Daniel ran a textile business of 'Daniel Salt and Son' with Titus. They made a lot of use of Donskoi wool from Russi in the production of worsted cloth. Identifier PAR141 Title Salt, Daniel Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/12737 Date 1779-1854 Description Grace was the mother of Sir Titus Salt. She was born Grace Smithies and lived in Morley near Leeds. She married Daniel Salt on 5 July 1802. Identifier PAR142 Title Salt, Grace Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/13416 Date 1964-2008 Description Govinder Nazran was an artist based in Saltaire. He was known for his paintings of cats and dogs, and also of horses, elephants and people. The paintings were often done in a style of blocks of colour reminiscent of Mark Rothko. Govinder was born in Birmingham and moved to the Bradford district as a child. In the 1980s he studied graphic design at Bradford College and then at Lincoln Art College. After working in London and Cambrdige, he came back to the Bradford district and settled in Saltaire. Working as a graphic designer and then a photographic art director, he also pursued his own artwork designs. In 1999 Govinder approached the fine art publishers Washington Green who promoted his work until his untimely death in 2008. Identifier PAR143 Title Nazran, Govinder Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/13495 Date 1892-1916 Description Lance Corporal Thomas Hodson was born in Shipley and was a warehouseman at The Conditioning House in Bradford prior to enlistment in the army during the First World War. Hodson’s Division landed in Le Harve, France in August 1915. They served in front line trenches and several battles, including the Battle of the Somme where Hodson was killed in action on the 29th July 1916. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial in the Somme and on the Rolls of Honour at Nabs Wood cemetery in Shipley, St Paul’s, and St Peter’s Church in Shipley. Lance Corporal Hodson was born in 1892, son of Tom and Rosa Hodson. His service number was 13083. His medals and memorabilia from World War 1 are The ‘Pip, Squeak and Wilfred’ medals (the popular names for The 1914 Star or 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal respectively) and a ‘Dead Man’s Penny’ which was issued to next of kin of all British and Empire service personnel killed as a result of the war. In addition, a Princess Mary Gift Fund 1914 box was a present for all those serving during Christmas 1914, the box contents included cigarettes and/or chocolate, a photo of Princess Mary and a signed card. These and other items relating to Lance Corporal Hodson are in the Saltaire Collection. In 2017, the Saltaire Collection received a donation of World War One medals belonging to Lance Corporal Thomas Hodson that were found in the cellar of a house in Saltaire. Through local news items and the help of a local historian we were able to trace his relatives who were than reunited with these medals. The family generously decided to leave these in the collection. Identifier PAR144 Title Hodson, Thomas Type person -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/13583 Description The successor school to the Salt High Schools following the education reforms of 1944. It subsequently became the comprehensive Sir Titus Salt school and is now located just outside Saltaire on the north side of Roberts Park. Identifier PAR145 Title Salt Grammar School Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/13698 Description The Saltaire Club and Institute opened in 1870 and was based in a large new building on Victoria Road, above Salts Mill. The building is now referred to as Victoria Hall. Although not part of the temperance movement, Titus Salt was staunchly opposed to the construction of a public house in his village, having seen many workers in Bradford drink their wages away as soon as they were paid and fail to provide for their families. Residents were free to drink at home or at pubs outside the village but Salt hoped they would be attracted by the more immediate Social Club and Institute. The founding rules of the Club and Institute stated that its objects were 'to afford to the inhabitants of Saltaire, and its neighbourhood, the means of social intercourse, mutual help, mental and moral improvement and rational recreation, also to afford facilities for holding meetings of Friendly and other Societies'. There was a small quarterly charge for membership, whch was open to men, women and young people over the age of 13. The building housed rooms for billiards, bagatelle, chess and drafts, reading, classrooms, an extensive library, a laboratory and a large hall for lectures and concerts. In the 1880s it housed the Schools of Art and Science before they moved to the purpose-built Exhibition Building. Identifier PAR146 Title Saltaire Club and Institute Type organisation -- Url https://explore.saltairecollection.org/s/p/item/14524 Description Saltaire Learning was a group of interested parties from Saltaire and the wider Bradford area and from the City of Bradford Metroplitan District Council brought together to act on the recommendations of a report on the educational potential of Saltaire (see 2018.60.1). Identifier PAR147 Title Saltaire Learning Type organisation --