Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2019.46.34.12: Shipley College photos 1950s

  Black and white photo showing exhibition of items made at classes, eg standard lamp, fireguard, small tables, 4 dresses mounted on boards and side tables. Room shows steps and a door and some photographs on wall.
• 2019.46.34.2: Shipley College photos 1950s

  Black and white photo shows an exhibition of embroidery work. Cushions, tablecloths, mats etc are displayed on a table and hung on screens. Approx 23 items. 4 punched holes are on the left
• 2019.46.34.3: Shipley College photos 1950s

  Black and white photo shows an exhibition of needlework - dress, skirt and blouse. Dress chequered material, blouse and skirt plain dark material all mounted on board. 4 hole punches are on left of photograph
• 2019.46.34.4: Shipley College photos 1950s

  Black and white photo shows a view from above of an exhibition of work produced, mostly dresses, night dresses, blouses,skirts, some cushions, tablecloths, mats etc. Also 2 groups of wooden furniture produced. Placed on blocks and boards for display. 2 hole punches on the left.
• 2019.46.34.5: Shipley College photos 1950s

  Black and white photo shows display for exhibition of embroidery work and pottery. 1 lamp and shade, 1 vased, 1 dish, embroidery on a frame, 2 cushions, tablecloths, fireguard etc. 6 holes punched on left of photo
• 2019.46.34.7: Shipley College photos 1950s

  Black and white photo showing display of an evening dress and stole together with a blouse - used for an exhibition and mounted on board. 4 holes punched on the left.
• Salt High School building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  The Salt School building on Victoria Road opened in 1868 as the location for the Factory School associated with Salts Mill. Before this, the Factory School was housed in the Dining Hall further down the road. There were both day scholars and half-timers, who would work at the mill for half a day and attend school for the other half. Boys entered on the right and girls on the left and the school was designed to cater for 750 children initially. In 1874, there were 806 half-timers and 454 day scholars, with an average attendance of 665. The schools were constructed with state-of-the-art technology: hot water central heating, gas lighting, and tip-up lavatories. In 1878, the school moved to the newly-built Albert Road Board School (today Saltaire Primary School). The Victoria Road building became the Salt High School catering for both girls and boys. The High School eventually moved to a new site on the far side of Roberts Park. Today the original building, along with the Exhibition Building, Dining Hall and the Jonathan Silver building, forms Shipley College, a further education institution. Outside the building there are two lions and two more on the opposite side of the road. Their names can just be made out, inscribed on their pedestals: Peace, War, Vigilance and Determination. Local legend has it that these were originally constructed for Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square. This is, unfortunately, almost certainly a myth.
• 2018.51: Tree planting by Princess Beatrice

  A group photograph recording the planting of a tree by Princess Beatrice and her husband Prince Henry of Battenburg when they visited Saltaire to preside at the opening of the new School of Art and Science in 1887. The Princess is at the front centre, with Prince Henry on her right and Titus Salt Junior on her left. Three other dignitaries stand behind them. They are stood partly on grass, partly on a rug next to a tree which has just been planted. The location may be Saltaire Park (now Roberts Park) although the Princess was staying at Milner Field, the home of Titus Salt Junior, so it may have been there.
• Shipley College Centenary

  Today Shipley College occupies several buildings in Saltaire. The College's origins lie in the Technical and Art School based in the Exhibition Building in Saltaire. Briefly named the School of Art and Science, the new school was conceived by Titus Salt Junior and opened in 1887. The 100th anniversary of foundation of the College, and its predecessors, was celebrated in 1987.
• 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.
• Beatrice, Princess

  Princess Beatrice was the youngest child of Queen Victoria. In 1887 she visited Saltaire with her husband Prince Henry of Battenburg to preside at the opening of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee, an exhibition to celebrate her mother's silver jubilee, and organised by TItus Salt Junior in honour of his father and to help funding of the new School of Art and Science in the village. The Royal party stayed with Titus Junior and his wife Catherine at thier home of Milner Field.
• 2025.61: Shipley Glen - the history and development of a Victorian playground

  Shipley Glen - the history and development of a Victorian playground by Alan Cattell. The book includes information on Sunday School / Temperance visits, ownership of the Glen, the Saltaire Exhibition. the Shipley Glen Pleasure Grounds and Japanese Gardens on Prod Lane
• E2-080: Kan'ei gafu - Kan'ei Pictorial Album

  Colour illustrated book depicting floral designs. Illustrated by Nishiyama Kan'ei (1833-1897). Originally a reference book from the Technical school library, now Shipley College. Photocopied album of Ancient Chinese flora designs by Hirota Guozon (1885)
• A3-153: Diner du 5 Mai 1887

  5 gold embossed menus for dinner at Milner Field 5th May 1887, held during the visit of Princess Beatrice. The menu included 7 courses, ending with ice-cream.
• A3-073a: Draft dinner menu

  Hand-written menu for dinner (5th May 1887), by Catherine Salt planning for the Royal Visit of Princess Beatrice.
• A3-151: Draft menu

  Handwritten menu for 5th May 1887 by Catherine Salt, planning for the printed menu's. This dinner was to be held during the Royal Visit of Princess Beatrice.
• E2-025a-m: The Techncial & Art School Prospectus

  13 original copies of: Salt Schools School Prospectuses for 'The Technical & Art School' (1914-1930) (not complete run) a) Prospectus Salt Schools - Technical & Art School 1914-15 b) Prospectus Salt Schools - Technical & Art School 1915-16 c) Prospectus Salt Schools - Technical & Art School 1916-17 d) Prospectus Salt Schools - Technical & Art School 1919-20 e) Prospectus Salt Schools - Technical & Art School 1921-22 f) Prospectus Salt Schools - Technical & Art School 1922-23 g) Prospectus Salt Schools - Technical & Art School 1923-24 h) Prospectus Salt Schools - Technical & Art School 1924-25 i) Prospectus Salt Schools - Technical & Art School 1925-26 j) Prospectus Salt Schools - Technical & Art School 1926-27 k) Prospectus Salt Schools - Technical & Art School 1927-28 l) Prospectus Salt Schools - Technical & Art School 1928-29 m) Prospectus Salt Schools - Technical & Art School 1929-30
• 2022.95: Bradford Antiquary Third Series No.4 1989

  The Bradford Antiquary The Journal of the Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society Third series No.4 1988. Chapter entitled ' Cartwright Hall and the Great Bradford Exhibition of 1904' mentions Titus Salt. Contains mention of Salts Mill Records c.1920s to 1980s. Also mention of Saltaire in the Editorial p.85 on the acquisition of the mill by Jonathan Silver.
• A3-169g: Letter to Catherine Salt about the visit of Princess Beatrice

  Letter (and envelope) from Sir Henry Ponsonby regarding Princess Beatrice's visit to Milner Field for the opening of the new School of Art and Science in Saltaire.
• A3-169h: Salt Family: Royal Visits

  Letter from H. Ponsonby re. Princess Beatrice visit to Milner Field + envelope