Saltaire Collection

Items

• H2-208.108: Baker Letters - regarding: Hirst Lane fields

  Mr Robinson & Mr Anderson re Hirst Lane fields
• H2-208.109: Baker Letters - regarding: reliability of Mr Robinson; sale of cricket field; sale of stable, fields and boat house

  Mr Robinson seems unreliable as he made out, he was acting for Mr Foster and clearly not; a man was looking at cricket field and its potential; Removal vans were at Milner Field; Mr Feather, butcher, wants to purchase his stable & fields; Man in boat house wants to purchase the boat house
• H2-208.110: Baker Letters - regarding: flagstaff at Milner Field; remaining land to be auctioned

  Flagstaff at Milner Field; Mrs Green knows what to send to London & Scotland; Remaining land to be auctioned
• H2-208.116: Baker Letters - regarding: cheque for bank; reminder about salary; payment for labourers

  Enclosed £100 cheque for bank; Reminder for John to take salary; payment for Waites & Judson, labourers
• H2-208.118: Baker Letters - regarding: payment for sand; sale of Hirst Mill

  On same letter as above - £10 for sand is OK; Hirst Mill offered to Glynn Thomas in past, so ask again if he wants to purchase
• H2-208.119: Baker Letters - dispute over sand ownership

  Letter stating sand belongs to Sir James Roberts and not Mr Wood who charged for it
• H2-208.125: Baker Letters - regarding: Robert Foster and sand; Hirst House rent; Insurance money for mill; weed killer

  Robert Foster & sand; Mr Thomas & Hirst House rent; Insurance money for mill; Mr Kershaw & weed killer
• 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
• H2-208.128: Baker Letters - regarding: visit from Midland Railway

  Mr Clay representative of Midland Railway coming to Saltaire; wants Midland Railway to erect fence
• 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
• H2-208.130: Baker Letters - regarding: Midland Railway Co. and siding

  Midland Railway Co. & siding
• H2-208.131: Baker Letters - regarding: allotments; Mr Normington; Glynn Thomas; stables and fields; fence surrounding church

  Allotments; Mr Normington; Glynn Thomas no action to be taken; Mr Feather can have stables & fields; Mr Clarke can have land if price is right; Fence surrounding church
• H2-208.134: Baker Letters - regarding: pensioners replies. improvements to mill; sale of fields.

  No pensioners replied to Observer. Reflected on money given, alterations and improvements to mill made and paid for by Sir James. Mr Feather & Mr Berry would let him know re the purchase of fields.
• H2-208.135: Baker Letters - regarding: sale of fields; sale of boat house and land

  No offer as yet from Mr Feather or Mr Berry. Mt Sutton would like the boathouse and land.
• H2-208.138: Baker Letters - regarding: leak at Green Lane Lodge

  Burst pipe at Green Lane Lodge. Plumbers / builders were taking down the hospital at Morten Bank and re-erecting one on the quarry grounds besides Saltaire Hospital - hostel for 100 women. So too busy to fix leak. Alterations to mill described.
• H2-208.143: Baker Letters - regarding: repairs on Albert Road; sale of fields; pipe repair

  Bill for gap in wall on Albert Road near Lloyds Bank mending. Mr Feather given up idea of owning fields. Bill taken to Mr Robinson for pipe repair.
• H2-208.145: Baker Letters - regarding: boathouse repairs needed

  Mr Sutton of boathouse states set pot has a hole and he needs a new one.
• H2-208.148: Baker Letters - regarding: new roof on workshop; sale of land

  Normington is putting a new roof on his workshop; Land Knowles wishes to buy between railway and Normingtonâ??s building
• H2-208.149: Baker Letters - regarding: Rents for allotments and cottage tenants; death of John Baker's son

  Rents for allotments and cottage tenants at Hirst; Mr Thomas renting Hirst House for £40 a year; still waiting for plans of Hirst mill from Mr. Thomas; Baker buried his youngest son Harold last Saturday, died from pneumonia, leaves wife and 2 children and only 30
• H2-208.154: Baker Letters - regarding: death of pensioner; outstanding bill; Hirst Farm

  Hanna Newell of Hall Lane, Windhill was buried on 7th Feb; Paying pensioners every 4 weeks; Mr H Feather, butcher of Victoria Road hadnâ??t received a stable and field bill for 6 months; Mr Stephenson grumbled over door steps of Hirst Farm; mentions old house at higher Hirst Mill