Items

• C2b-078: Railway crossing

  Black and White postcard of stiles and foot-crossing of railway line in Hirst Wood near Saltaire
• C2b-215a: Railway line at Hirst Wood, Saltaire

  Black and White photograph (print) of the railway line from Saltaire going through 'Hurst Wood' (may be a miss spelling of Hirst Wood) with several people waiting at a crossing. Three people sat on a the top of a gate. A steam-train is in the distance.
• D3-056: Children at Saltaire railway station in fancy dress

  Enlarged and mounted photograph of children at Saltaire Railway Station in fancy dress by Anderson, L.
• H2-208.127: Baker Letters - regarding: plans of land to Midland Railway; articles in Yorkshire Post; sale of Hirst Mill

  Plans of land to Midland Railway; Articles in Yorkshire Post; Mr Thomas asking price for Hirst Mills
• H2-208.141: Baker Letters - regarding: grinding room; Midland Railway land; Saltaire Park in a bad state

  Mr Thomas had finished grinding room. Mr Knowles wants land belonging to Midland Railway. The park is in a bad state. Mr Badland thinks it would take 3 or 4 men 3 years to get it back to pre-war state. Mr & Mrs Moorby mentioned.
• B1-320: Saltaire railway bridge

  Photograph of the new railway bridge being lowered into place c.1960
• C2b-167: Saltaire Railway Station

  Photograph of Saltaire Railway Station c.1920s
• C2b-210b: Railway line through future Saltaire

  1 photograph-print of the railway line through the site of the future Saltaire 1844
• F1b-016: Postcard showing Shipley Glen railway and Boathouse in Saltaire

  Laminated copy of a postcard of Shipley showing: Glen Railway, Shipley Glen; Crowghyll Park, Shipley; River & Boat House, Saltaire
• H2-208.130: Baker Letters - regarding: Midland Railway Co. and siding

  Midland Railway Co. & siding
• H2-208.156: Baker Letters - regarding: cost of repairs; Midland Railway bridge repairs; repairs to Hirst Lane; repairs to gravestone

  Cost of steps around £5; Midland Railway bridge repairs could be low if done temporally; Hirst Lane very bad condition and needs mending; Mr Willieâ??s headstone needs attention
• H2-208.223: Baker Letters - regarding: pension termination; possible land purchase by Midland Railway; allotments passed to council

  Salome Pickard, a pensioner had attained 70th year on 25th Dec when pension stops. Wondered if land bought by Midland railway to pass into council hands. Plans from Hirst bridge to John Street therefore to be handed to council. Allotments been passed to council as well.
• H2-208.74: Baker Letters - regarding: Offer of land between school and railway

  Offer of land between school and railway
• H2-208.85: Baker Letters - regarding: plans of land between Caroline Street and railway; possible sale of land near Albert Road

  Plans to be sent to Mr Walker of Messrs Armitage & Norton of plot sold & land between Caroline Street & railway & Victoria Road. Doesnâ??t want to sell land near Albert Road as council are interested but their price is too cheap
• B1-316: Salts Mill railway sidings

  Photograph of Salts Mill railway sidings taken in 1924
• B1-207a-b: Workers on railway station platform

  4 enlarged photographs of Salt's employees on Blackpool station platform standing as a group next to a steam train. Maximilian and Anna Wagner are identified on the image. This marked the occasion of the 100th aniversary of Salts Mill. The train is decorated to celebrate this. Maximillian worked in the Mill, as a weaver and later a Weaving overlooker after moving from Poland in 1948 until he retired.
• H2-208.93: Baker Letters - regarding: purchase of fields; boundary dispute settled; Milner Field and Hirst House

  Mr Anderton, architect wants to purchase fields on railway side of Hirst Bridge; Boundary with Midland Railway settled; Mr Lister & furniture at Milner Field; Mr Sircum leaving Hirst House
• 2022.19: Yorkshire: Pictorial memories

  A book of black and white photographs from the commercial archive of Francis Frith and Company. Frith establshed a business in th 1860s to photograph every town and village in Britain and provide them for the public to buy. The book includes views of many places across Yorkshire. It includes two photographs of Saltaire on page 28: the railway station with a train arriving and Salts Mill visible in the background; Saltaire (later Roberts) Park along the promenade with the bandstand visible and two women with a pram in the foreground.
• C2a-108: Saltaire village - Images (People)

  Photocopy of a group of mill women with some railway-men in Victoria Road, prior to Blackpool trip 1953
• B1-032/5/12: Salts Mill Dining Room, Victoria Road (1)

  A close up of the entrance to Salts Mill dining room. Two young men are visible in the doorway. A railway motice board is visible to the left with a notice saying 'Earlier holidays'