Items

• 2019.46.36.4: Shipley College photos 1950s

  Black and white photo showing a display of women's clothes in the main hall of Exhibition Building. There are some hats in the bottom right hand corner
• 2019.46.39.2.3: Shipley College photo / misc events

  Black and white photo of group of prize giving ceremony ? in main hall of Exhibition Road building. Rows of seats facing two rows of dignitaries at front. Table with plaque and flowers 1970s?
• Sharp, Dorothy

  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!
• Methley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  A viilage near Leeds in West Yorkshire. Titus Salt rented Methley Park as his main home between 1858 and 1867.
• 2019.46.40.1.4: Salt Building

  Colour photo of Victoria Road showing the Salt Building of Shipley College and a number of cars parked in the street. Photograph was taken from the front of Victoria Hall.
• 2019.46.40.1.7: Salt Building interior with desks and chairs

  Colour photo of Victoria Road showing the Salt Building of Shipley College. Photograph is taken from the grounds of VIctoria Hall. Several cars are visible in the street.
• 2024.30: Sir Titus Salt by R Balgarnie

  Biography written by Reverend Robert Balgarnie originally published in 1877. This edition has an introduction by David Ogden who was Librarian at Victoria Hall, Saltaire.
• C4a-015.14: Saltaire History Club Meeting for October 2009

  A4 poster for Saltaire History Club Meeting for October 2009 'The Golden Age of Postcards' by Graham Hall of Bradford and District Postcard Society
• C4a-015.5: Saltaire History Club Meeting poster for September 2007

  A4 poster for Saltaire History Club Meeting for September 2007 'Building Jerusalems' by Leeds University lecturer Alan Petford and 'The Saltaire Conversazione'a brief history by Roger Clarke
• 2025.46: Personal story of Lucy Cavill

  Two pages of typescript containing the story of Lucy Cavill and her schooling in Saltaire. Includes a photocopy of a photograph showing a group of female students outside of Victoria Hall with Lucy Cavill identified.
• D1-070.6: Posters for the 1998 Great Bradford Beer Exhibition

  The official posters for the 1998 Great Bradford Beer Exhibition, featuring dates and admission prices.
• E2-181: Shipley College Courses Leaflets 1985

  6 brown and cream paper Shipley College Courses Leaflets & 1 advert 1985 1. Advert from Target newspaper on City Hall Tour 14 March 1985 2. Blue Shipley College Prospectus 1986-85 3. Cream & Brown Shipley College Couse Leaflets - 'O' & 'A' Levels 1985-85 4. Cream & maroon Shipley College course leaflet - Business Kills Visual Display Operation - 1985 5. White & Blue Shipley College Course leaflet - Science Courses - 1985-85 6. A4 Shipley College Exam Classes 1985 - white & blue 7. Large Shipley College Adult Classes Sept-Dec 1985 list of classes
• C2b-386.8: 'The Saltaire Conversazione'

  Magazine article taken from The Prosider 2009 p.14-16 'The Saltaire Conversazione'. Local historian Roger Clarke looks back on the 'conversazione' social event which began in the freezing Victorian winters and continued until 1960s. Includes description of the dress worn by Mrs Titus Salt in 1882
• D2-018.3: Saltaire Bookfair

  Poster advertising the Saltaire Bookfair.
• D2-018.4: The Passion (The Last Days of Christ)

  Leaflet advertising seven performances at Easter in the Salts Mill, titled The Passion by Tony Harrison, from the York and Wakefield Mystery Plays: The Last Days of Christ.
• D2-018.7: The Lord Mayor's Victorian Funday

  The official programme of the The Lord Mayor's Victorian Funday held across the Village including Roberts Park.
• D2-018.8: The Great Yorkshire International Peace Race

  The booklet for the half-marathon titled The Great Yorkshire International Peace Race, in aid of the British Heart Foundation and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
• D2-018.9: Boar's Head Morrismer Dance

  Poster advertising the dance held by the canal in Saltaire.
• Lockwood, Henry Francis

  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.
• Woods, Clive

  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.