Items

• C2b-173a-c: Victoria Hall, Saltaire from the north west

  Old photograph showing Victoria Hall, Saltaire from the north west.
• C2b-174: Postcard of Victoeia Hall with inscription

  Photocopy of 2 sides of a postcard showing Victoria Hall with amusing inscription
• C2b-175a-b: Victoria Hall and the Salts School

  Newspaper cutting showing 'Victoria Hall and the Salts School'
• C2b-193: Postcard of Victoria Hall

  Postcard of Victoria Hall (The Institute)
• C2b-327: Evening event at Victoria Hall

  Evening event at Victoria Hall. Possibly this is at a Conversazione, an annual social gathering originally organised by the Salt Family.
• C2b-328: Technical Lecture in Victoria Hall

  Photograph of a Technical Lecture being given in the Saltaire Institute Club. Venue is the Victoria Hall within the Club. A seated audience is viewing a lecturer on the stage. There is a great deal of technical apparatus visible on the stage and in front of the stage. A large screen is located on the right of the stage.
• C2b-344: Re-opening of the Lecture Hall

  Saltaire Club & Institute re-opening of the Lecture Hall + old newspaper print
• C2b-364: Photograph of Victoria Hall

  Victoria Hall + info on Saltaire Institute on rear
• C3b-008: Advert for Victoria Hall

  Copy of advertisement for Victoria Hall
• C3b-087a-b: Refurbishment of Victoria Hall

  2 letters from the Salt Foundation re the refurbishment of Victoria Hall
• C3b-303: Victoria Hall guide

  'Victoria Hall, Saltaire venue'
• D1-081a-b: The Final Concert Choral Competition at Victoria Hall - 1894

  2 laminated copies of a poster for 'The Final Concert Choral Competition at Victoria Hall - 1894'
• D1-082a-c: A Grand Concert at Victoria Hall 18th Nov. 1925

  3 photocopies of pages from a programme for 'A Grand Concert at Victoria Hall 18th Nov. 1925'
• D1-087: Quote about Victoria Hall

  Card with quote from Titus Salt Jnr. on Victoria Hall
• D1-089: Maintenance & Repairs to Victoria Hall

  Photocopy of 'Maintenance & Repairs to Victoria Hall, Saltaire (City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council 1990-91)
• D1-135: Cancellation of Victoria Hall booking for Saltaire Conversazione

  A letter from the Secretary of the Saltaire Conversazione to the Shipley Town Clerk informing him that the booking of Victoria Hall for the 1965 Saltaire Conversazione has to be cancelled due to lack of public support
• D1-137: Cancellation of Victoria Hall booking for Saltaire Conversazione

  A letter from the Town Clerk of Shipley Urban District Council releasing the Conversazione committee from the booking charge for Victoria Hall
• D2-018: Events in Victoria Hall

  Folder of items for events in Victoria Hall (modern)
• Saltaire Club and Institute

  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.
• 2024.150.6: Report on the 18th April 2015 Conversazione at VIctoria Hall

  A one page typewritten report on the 2015 Conversazione. Includes details of the successful events, and thoughts for different actions if the event was to reoccur.