Saltaire Collection

Items

• D3-073a-b: Roberts Park:A memorial to a beloved son Bertram Foster Roberts

  'Roberts Park:A memorial to a beloved son Bertram Foster Roberts' (2 copies)
• C2b-075: Bandstand in Saltaire Park

  Coloured postcard of Saltaire Park with bandstand. The park is now known as Roberts Park.
• H2-208.120: Baker Letters - regarding: field in Hirst Lane; Clarence Park for sale; bill for sand; greenhouses in park

  Mr Anderton re field in Hirst Lane; Clarence Park for sale to Mr Foster; Robert Foster billed for sand; Mr Badland rents greenhouses in park
• 2019.45.16.1: Timeline for Roberts Park

  Timeline for Saltaire Park (Roberts Park) - Part 1 1869-1886
• 2019.45.16.2: Timeline for Roberts Park

  Timeline for Saltaire Park (Roberts Park) - Part 2 (1887-1889)
• C2b-333: Shipley Brass Band in Roberts Park

  Shipley Brass Band in Roberts Park - 1895 (+ 1971 newspaper cutting on the park centenary on reverse)
• C2b-102/11/12: Titus Salt's statue in Saltaire Park

  Titus Salt's statue in Saltaire Park
• C2b-102/11/20: Park lodge bell

  Park lodge bell. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
• C2b-140: Entrance to Saltaire Park

  Photocopy of coloured postcard of the park gates and gatehouse at Saltaire Park - marked 'Entrance to Saltaire Park'
• H2-208.126: Baker Letters - regarding: status of Saltaire Park and offer to Bradford council

  Sir Titus Saltâ??s intention to dedicate Park to public & councilâ??s refusal to take over park rent free
• H2-208.152: Baker Letters - regarding: opposition to Saltaire Park ownership; plans from Glyn Thomas

  Baker has been ill with bad cold; Mr Denison and others didnâ??t like the Park going to Bradford; Denison tool John Inceâ??s position; Plans from Glyn Thomas describing rooms; Mr Robinson trying to sell the Lord Mayor [William Wade] the Park, greenhouses; greenhouses suppled from Glen Reservoir
• Roberts, Bertram Foster

  Son of Sir James Roberts. Involved in the management of Salts Mill until his early death. James Roberts later gifted Saltaire Park to the public and had it renamed Roberts Park in rememberance of Bertram.
• H2-137: Saltaire: Its Origins and History

  A newspaper article on the history of Saltaire. Published in 1903 when Sir James Roberts commissioned a statue of Saltaire's founder, SIr TItus Salt, to be placed in Saltaire Park (now Roberts Park). There are photographs of the statue, Sir James Roberts and his son Bertram Roberts and of Salts Mill.
• C2b-062: Saltaire Park

  Postcard of Saltaire Park, now known as Roberts Park
• C2b-286f: 2 cards of Roberts Park with canons

  One of a folder of mounted postcards and photographs of Saltaire. 2 cards of Roberts Park with canons
• D3-071-079: Notice boards in the Roberts Park shelters

  Laminated copies of the notice boards in the Roberts Park shelters:
• C2a-014: Bell Family in Roberts Park

  Photograph of the Bell Family in Roberts Park
• C2b-058: Flooding of Roberts Park in 2000

  Set of 27 photographs on the floods at Roberts Park 2000
• C2b-123: View of United Reformed Church roof and Roberts Park

  Photocopy of two photos taken from scaffolding at the top of Saltaire United Reformed Church during roof repairs - showing church roof and Roberts Park
• C2b-145: Two postcards showing Roberts Park and the almshouses

  Laminated copy of two postcards. One of women with pram sat in Roberts Park by Bandstand (coloured); One of the top section of Victoria Road showing the Almshouses