Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2024.150.3: High Tea

  An advertising poster for a High Tea event in the Glen Room of Victoria Hall as part of the 2015 Conversazione. The poster annouces 'A unique vintage tea experience.Serving a selection of sandwiches and freshly baked cakes.'
• C3a-081: Story of a life and work in Salts (Saltaire) Ltd

  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.
• 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). 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.
• 2016.2.7: Lace Collar

  Collar in 2 pieces, one cream silk and one cream and grey lace. Silk part has a sewn on label inscription M.J.Salt in red. Silk inner collar is double layered with cotton insert. 3 hooks and eyes at each thick end and 1 hook and eye at single layer end. Button hole to left of label. Lace has been hand sewn with blue thread onto 1.5cm grey material. Intricate flower detaled lace to bottom edge. 4 hooks on left side of lace and 6 bones on reverse.
• B1-032/4/39: Packing and despatch (2)

  Photograph shows piles of cloth both packed and unpacked. There are six packages to the left of the photograph with six piles of unwrapped cloth in the middle. A man stands to the left of some hats and coats with 3 dark suited men behind him and another man behind a table holding some cloth.
• C2a-077: 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.
• C3b-046.3: Drawings for the Bath and Wash house

  Original Architects drawings for the Bath and Wash house, which was located on Caroline Street. These plans are for the basement of the building, anotated 43, approved 1862 January 31st, Jo Thompson Clerk.
• E2-033a-k: Salt School's Technical School Prospectuses (1927-1940)

  11 original copies of: Salt Schools Technical School Prospectuses (1927-1939) a) Prospectus Science & Manual Training Deptment - 1927-28 b) Prospectus Textile Department - 1927-28 c) Prospectus Technical School - 1930-31 d) Prospectus Technical School - 1931-32 e) Prospectus Technical School - 1932-33 f) Prospectus Technical School - 1933-34 g) Prospectus Technical School - 1934-35 h) Prospectus Technical School - 1935-36 i) Prospectus Technical School - 1936-37 j) Prospectus Technical School - 1938-39 k) Prospectus Technical School - 1939-40
• 2022.7: Scribbling and Carding

  A book on the technical aspects of Scribbling and Carding by G.R. Smith. Stamped inside with 'Stuart Bros Ltd, Ashley Mills, Shipley'. Includes text and black and white illustrations.
• B1-032/3/16: Packing and dispatch

  Photograph shows piles of cloth both packed and unpacked. There are six packages to the left of the photograph with six piles of unwrapped cloth in the middle. A man stands to the left of some hats and coats with three dark suited men behind him and another man behind a table holding some cloth
• 2019.46.15: Display for apprentice spinning and weaving overlookers

  Black and white photograph (16.5cmx12cm) of fabric, bobbins, and a spinning frame. Label above display reads 'Courses for Apprentice Spinning and Weaving Overlookers!'
• 2022.31: Employers and Labour in the English Textile Industries 1850-1939 by J.A. Jowitt and A.J. McIvor

  Various aspects of the textie trade covering: Employers, trade Unions and Women in textiles.
• B1-032/5/5a: Postcard and 3 copies of Mill offices and bridge over the river

  The photograph shows the Mill offices with two men standing by the railings
• 2025.13: Bradford and the industrial revolution: An economic history 1760-1840

  A history of the industrial development of Bradford and its surrounding areas from the middle of eighteenth century to the middle of the nineteenth. Discusses: land ownership; wealth distribution before the industrial revolution; the transport revolution, including the building of the cancals and railways; the importance of the mineral industries in the Bradford area; the rise of the worsted trade; the urban development of Bradford.
• 2025.14: Kelly's directory of Bradford and suburbs 1912

  A facsimile copy of Kelly's directory covering Bradford and the surrounding area including Baildon and Shipley (which included Saltaire). Comprises a brief introduction to Bradford and then listings: an alphabetical street list with occupants and their trades or form of employment; an alphabetical inhabitants list; a list of trades and tradespeople.
• Pace Micro Technology

  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.
• A1-106: Mrs Titus Salt's Visitors Book & Dinner Guests 1887-1904

  A small notebook with lined paper containing Catherine Salt's handwritten lists and comments. Catherine used this book to help plan social gatherings such as garden parties, formal dinners and parties, including the 'coming out' party of her daughter Isabel. Catherine Salt became a widow in late 1887 so most of the events occur when she was the sole head of the household at Milner Field and for the last two years at Denton Hall in Ilkley. The book contains such things as: - lists of invitees to the events (but not who actually attended). - arrangements of items for parties and the rooms in her house Milner Field where the items were to be located - required items and services from commercial suppliers and trades people - comments on the aftermath of the events, including notes on damages sustained and things that had gone wrong The notebook was used from both ends at the same time, with the book flipped over. Further research is required to understand why there are two different uses. Note that a small number of pages are blank. There are also several loose pages that have been placed in the notebook, apparently with the same type of details as the notebook: 1. A single page listing items and their costs for an event in 1896 2. A double-sided singel sheet with a list of people for an event on 'May 20'. Some entries have ticks against them. 3. A double-sided single sheet for a 'Dance' on May 7 1892. Seems to contain items required fore the dance 4. Four pages mainly containing names of people who had accepted or declined attendance at an event. Also some notes.
• 2025.40: Shipley, West Yorkshire. Official guide and street map

  Official guide and street map for Shipley. Contains photographs and history of Shipley with coloured map at the back
• E1a-083: Porter's lamp

  A porter's lamp from the Salt School opened in 1868. Rediscovered by Mr W Smith, the head caretaker in November 1975. The lamp is made of dark metal and has three sides arranged in an equal triangle. It has a glass front and a folding metal handle at the back. A wick is visible inside the lamp.
• 2018.9.2.4: Finance and legal documents

  Assorted financial papers, including correspondence, copies of wills and associated papers, receipts, notes and household accounts. Contains papers relating to Isabel, her mother Catherine Salt and her brother Lawrence Salt. The records are arranged as follows: 2018.9.2.4.1 Henry Williamson Papers (7 items) 2018.9.2.4.2 Saltaire Congregational Church papers (13 items) 2018.9.2.4.3 Charity donations (7 items)