Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2022.28: Bradford City Hall - A History and Guide

  Coloured paperback book - Map of Bradford on 1st page. Coloured and black and white photographs inside
• 2020.2.10: The Worsted Overlooker's Handbook

  This copy of 'The Worsted Overlooker's Handbook'. shows calculations, rules and tables useful for a worsted overlooker. It has details about Warping, Spinning, Yarns and Weft. Handwritten inscription inside front cover: 'William Gale, Burnside MIll (Swan Hotel), Addingham. Nov. 8th 1905'. The booklet was used by Harold Kendall during his time at Salts Mill
• A4-006: Historic Resource Survey and Contextural Study of the Former Dayton Coal & Iron Company Properties

  Booklet 'Historic Resource Survey and Contextual Study of the Former Dayton Coal & Iron Company Properties' Friends of the Cumberland Trail
• B1-084a: Salts Mill and museum: A short history and guide

  Book by Donald Hanson, Chair of Illingworth, Morris the last owners of Salts Mill as a textiles business.
• B1-218b: Poetry or Bust

  Booklet: 'Poetry or Bust' a play by Tony Harrison. It tells the story of John Nicholson a sometime woolsorter but published playwrite and poet known as the 'Airedale Poet'. Despite some success, Nicholson moved to Bradford and found work with Titus Salt as a woolsorter. He died while trying to cross the River Aire in 1943 in what became Saltaire about 10 years later. Tony Harrison's play tells the story of Nicholson's life and was first performed in Salts Mill in 1993, 150 years after his death and only 100 metres or so from where he tried to cross the river.
• B1-464a: Salts Mill

  A booklet: 'Salts Mill and Museum - A short history and guide'. Contains a brief history and black and white photographs. They appear to be photocopies of the original.
• C3a-078b: 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-085: William James West and family of 66 George Street, Saltaire

  Brief outlines of several members of the West family. Includes listings of family members and their dates and places of birth.Very brief biographies of some family members.
• C3a-101a: A typed biography of Saltaire resident May Rhodes (nee Walker)

  Personal memories of growing up and going to school in Shipley. Includes account of starting work in a textile mill in Shipley, and war work for AVRO at Yeadon. Post-war accounts of getting married, living and working in Saltaire.
• F1a-089: 1d Up-1/2d Down: The Story of Shipley Glen and its Tramway

  Booklet '1d Up-1/2d Down' Alan Whitrick & M.J.Leak
• F1a-301: Parkinsons of Shipley

  Spiral-bound booklet: 'Parkinsons of Shipley' Shipley & District Local History Society. J W Parkinson and Son (Shipley) Limited was an engineering firm well known for manufacturing mill machinery.
• F1a-303: Production in the works of J. Parkinson & Son

  Spiral-bound booklet: 'Production in the works of J. Parkinson & Son, Shipley'
• 2024.155: Saltaire Review Issue 21

  The February/March 2017 edition of the Saltaire Review. Contains articles on mainly arts and entertainment-related events, exhibitions and other items of interest in Saltaire and the surrounding district.
• 2024.156: Saltaire Review Issue 22

  TheApril/May 2017 edition of the Saltaire Review. Contains articles on mainly arts and entertainment-related events, exhibitions and other items of interest in Saltaire and the surrounding district.
• 2024.157: Saltaire Review Issue 25

  The Oct/Nov 2017 edition of the Saltaire Review. Contains articles on mainly arts and entertainment-related events, exhibitions and other items of interest in Saltaire and the surrounding district.
• 2024.158: Saltaire Review Issue 26

  The Dec/ Jan 2018 edition of the Saltaire Review. Contains articles on mainly arts and entertainment-related events, exhibitions and other items of interest in Saltaire and the surrounding district.
• 2024.97: Saltaire original designs and detailing

  Saltaire original designs and detailing. This illustrated leaflet looks at the original Victorian building materials and the special design features of Saltaire
• 2024.113: Saltaire Brewery and Visitors Centre Independent Micro Brewery

  Foldout blue, yellow and white information leaflet
• 2018.82: Saltaire: a brief guide and history

  An A3 sized poster-style leaflet providing a brief history of Saltaire. Includes drawings of Sir Titus Salt, Salts Mill, the United Reformed Church, and a map of main part of the village.
• 2019.46.35.16.3: Shipley College Photograph 1960's and 1970's, laboratory

  Black & white photograph of students wearing white lab coats in science laboratory. Man with beard on left and tutor Mr A Riley in suit on right. 3 other people in the room