C3a-081: Story of a life and work in Salts (Saltaire) Ltd

Identifier: C3a-081
Title: Story of a life and work in Salts (Saltaire) Ltd
Type: booklet
Format: typewritten
Date Created: 2013
Creator: Senior, Frank
Description: Story of a life and work in Salts (Saltaire) Ltd - Frank Senior, researched and compiled by Maggie Smith. Includes account of being born in 1918 and growing up in Saltaire, and of working at Salts Mill as a textile designer, and in the costing department.
Subject: Salts Mill; Personal memories; Working life
Associated person or organisation: Senior, Frank; Salts (Saltaire) Ltd.
Associated place or event: Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Source: Gift: Smith, Maggie
Rights: Only viewable in the Saltaire Collection
Rights Holder: Copyright Maggie Smith
Access Rights: To view the full story please contact the Saltaire Collection
Abstract: Frank started work at Salts Mill in 1933 in the mill basement, moved to work in the gatehouse, checking visitors to the mill and hoping for an apprenticeship.

After various changes of department, attendance at night school 5 nights each week and service during World War Two in the RAF, Frank became head of the ‘Costing Department’ in Salts Mill – calculating the costs of each type of cloth produced for the sales work force.

He lived through several changes in management of the mill and the advances of new technology – retiring from work there in 1983, just a few years prior to the end of textile production.