Items

• C2b-139: Saltaire Boathouse and the river Aire

  Photocopy of coloured postcard of the Saltaire Boathouse and the river Aire. Marked 'The River Saltaire'
• 2024.85: Aire Valley Living 2010 Issue 3

  A booklet with local information and advertising local businesses. Includes an article entitled 'Saltaire life' about the village of Saltaire. Page 51 has a map of Saltaire.
• 2022.72: Photographic postcards of Saltaire and Shipley from the early twentieth centuries

  Black and white photographic postcards of various scenes in and near Saltaire and Shipley. Includes: a view of Salts Mill from the United Reformed Church; the bandstand and the status of Sir Titus Salt in Roberts Park; the canal lock near Hirst Wood (about a mile from Saltaire); Market Place in Shipley; the Otley Road bridge over the river AIre in Shipley.
• 2016.7: Aire Valley Road enquiry

  Ring-bound folder on the Aire Valley Road enquiry: 1984-1996
• C3b-311: Aire Valley Living

  Loose pages of: 'Aire Valley Living' magazine with article on Saltaire
• C2b-102/18/7: River & boathouse

  River & boathouse. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
• C2b-102/18/3: Boats on river

  Boats on river. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
• C2b-102/18/6: Steamboat on river

  Steamboat on river. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
• C2b-102/18/8: River & weir

  River & weir. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
• C2b-102/4/10: Aerial view of mill, river & canal

  Aerial view of mill, river & canal. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
• B1-032/5/5a: Postcard and 3 copies of Mill offices and bridge over the river

  The photograph shows the Mill offices with two men standing by the railings
• Saltaire Cricket Club

  Saltaire Cricket Club was founded in 1869 and still operates today. It's home has always been Roberts (orginally Saltaire) Park where it has a scenic pitch and pavillion with a backdrop of the River Aire, Salts Mill and the United Reformed Church. Among its more famous players was the England bowler Sydney Barnes who played for the club between 1915 and 1925 and helped Saltaire win the Bradford League three times. Jim Laker, the outstanding England spin bowler of the 1950s, lived in Shipley, attended the Salt High School and played for the Cricket Club in the late 1930s. The club remains very active today playing in the Aire & Wharefdale Senior Cricket League.
• B1-218b: Poetry or Bust

  Booklet: 'Poetry or Bust' a play by Tony Harrison. It tells the story of John Nicholson a sometime woolsorter but published playwrite and poet known as the 'Airedale Poet'. Despite some success, Nicholson moved to Bradford and found work with Titus Salt as a woolsorter. He died while trying to cross the River Aire in 1943 in what became Saltaire about 10 years later. Tony Harrison's play tells the story of Nicholson's life and was first performed in Salts Mill in 1993, 150 years after his death and only 100 metres or so from where he tried to cross the river.
• C2b-032.3: Saltaire boathouse in 1900s

  Photograph of Saltaire boathouse in early 1900s showing steamboat on the river Aire. A large number of people are visible watching the steamboat from both banks of the river.
• C2b-261: The Cricket Pavillion in Roberts Park and river

  A 'Walter Scott' postcard of the Cricket Pavillion and river.
• H2-208.106: Baker Letters - regarding: sale of Milner House and land; land south of river is still for sale

  Confidential - Mr Robinson & Mr Foster (solicitor) offered for Milner House; Sold to Mr Foster including land between Primrose Land & Baildon Bridge for £72,500 plus furniture; land south of river is still for sale
• H2-208.129: Baker Letters - regarding: Met Midland engineer; workshop; Hirst Mill and cottages; sale of stables and fields; sale of land between river and canal

  Met Midland engineer; Mr Normington erected workshop; Glynn Thomas occupies Higher Hirst Mill & cottages & may buy mill; Mr Feather, butcher, wants to buy stables & fields; man who bought Clarkeâ??s greengrocer also wants land between river & canal
• C2b-110: Salts Mill and river bridge

  Photograph of Salts Mill and river bridge by Walter Scott
• D3-134: Leisure - Park & Amenities

  Sleeve with 4 photos of rowing & rafting on the River Aire at Saltaire plus newspaper cutting
• Fairbairn, William

  William was a leading British engineer and was contracted by Titus Salt to design the interior of Salts Mill. William's significant engineering skills enabled the mill to operate smoothly and perform all the functions that took raw materials through the series of processes required to make high quality cloth. William was responsible for the Mill's iron structure, the lay-out of the machinery, the design and manufacture of the boilers, steam engines and line-shafting. He also designed a tubular-girder bridge over the river Aire that runs through the village. Fairbairn published his plans for the mill in a book that ran to four editions and was translated into French and Spanish. He was justly proud of Salts Mill, his largest work of mill construction.