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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. -
Victoria Hall, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Originally, this building was known as The Saltaire Club and Institute, with only the main hall called Victoria Hall. Completed in 1871, it was one of the final pieces of Titus Salt’s vision of a model village, providing everything a person needs in life. The institute was intended, first and foremost, to provide a social gathering space for residents (rather than a pub) and, secondly, as an educational institute. The building housed rooms for billiards, bagatelle, chess and drafts, reading, classrooms, a library, a laboratory and a large hall for lectures and concerts. It also housed the Schools of Art and Science, which later moved to the Exhibition Building. Today, the building is managed by the Salt Foundation and provides a venue for community events and weddings. -
E2-032a-i: School prize givings 9 original copies of: Shipley Education Committee and Salt Schools Evening Institutes Prize Giving/Annual Speech Day (1931-1938) a) Shipley Education Committee, Schol of Art, Tecnical School & Evening Institutes - Prize Distribtions 1931 b) Shipley Education Committee, Schol of Art, Tecnical School & Evening Institutes - Annual Speech Day Feb 1933 c) Shipley Education Committee, Schol of Art, Tecnical School & Evening Institutes - List of Prizes Aug 1933 d) Shipley Education Committee, Schol of Art, Tecnical School & Evening Institutes - Annual Speech Day Aug 1934 e) Shipley Education Committee, Schol of Art, Tecnical School & Evening Institutes - Annual Speech Day Aug 1935 f) Shipley Education Committee, Schol of Art, Tecnical School & Evening Institutes - Annual Speech Day Aug 1936 g) Shipley Education Committee, Schol of Art, Tecnical School & Evening Institutes - Annual Speech Day Feb 1932 h) Shipley Education Committee, Schol of Art, Tecnical School & Evening Institutes - Annual Speech Day Aug 1937 i) Shipley Education Committee, Schol of Art, Tecnical School & Evening Institutes - Annual Speech Day Aug 1938 -
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 -
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.
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