Saltaire Collection

Items

• C2b-286d: Postcards of Saltaire village

  One of a number of folders of mounted postcards and photographs of Saltaire including Victoria Hall and Saltaire Methodist Chapel
• Dining Hall building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  The Dining Hall was the very first public building in Saltaire, completed in 1854. The Dining Hall served many purposes during the early years of Saltaire. In addition to serving 600 breakfasts and 700 dinners every day, it doubled as a school for ‘half-timers’, children who would work in the mill during the morning, then attend school in the afternoon. It also served as a meeting hall, library, reading room and a venue for religious services, public lectures and other meetings. As Saltaire grew, these functions were gradually moved to purpose-built buildings including: the Salt Schools on Victoria Road, the Saltaire Club and Institute, the Congregational Church and the Methodist Chapel. Today, the Dining Hall is owned by Shipley College and is known as the Mill Building. A major refurbishment and conversion in 1998 modified the interior to make it suitable for lessons, but the changes are entirely reversible.
• 2018.18: Commemorative plates

  Commemorative plates celebrating different occations connected to Saltaire Weslyan Chapel, which no longer exists,
• 2020.2.8: The Shipley Times & Express Pictorial

  The 'Shipley Times & Express Pictorial' 1937 booklet was produced as a pictorial record of events in Shipley for 1937. It includes a review of the year. The magazine mainly consists of photographs, with text, on the main events of 1937. This includes the visit to Shipley and Saltaire by King Goerge VI and Queen Elizabeth, along with the street parties and school events to celebrate the Coronation. The magazine also includes photographs of various Shipley personalities, wedding groups and the opening of Hall Royd Methodist Church. The magazine also includes a photograph of Joan Kendall of Katherine Street, Saltaire, for completing 7 years of unbroken school attendance.
• F1a-017: Shipley Times & Express Pictorial 1937

  The booklet was produced as a pictorial record of events in Shipley for 1937. It includes a review of the year. The magazine mainly consists of photographs, with text, on the main events of 1937. This includes the visit to Shipley and Saltaire by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, along with the street parties and school events to celebrate the Coronation. The magazine also includes photographs of various Shipley personalities, wedding groups and the opening of Hall Royd Methodist Church. The magazine also includes a photograph of Joan Kendall of Katherine Street, Saltaire, for completing 7 years of unbroken school attendance.
• H2-210.11: Pages 17-18 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918

  Aug 28 1906 Counterfeit coins. Aug 28-30 1906 Thomas Hadfield's death (accountant and leading Methodist). Aug 31 1906 Shipley Urban District Council regarding building the new Baths and Fire Station