Items

• C2b-080: Titus Salt's statue

  Original drawing by 'DM' of an impression of the result of moving Sir Titus Salt's statue from Lister Park, Bradford to Victoria Road, Saltaire
• C2b-260: The Anthony Briggs, collection - Saltaire village Images (Places)

  A 'Walter Scott' postcard of the Saltaire Boathouse and park
• C3b-301: World Heritage Weekend 2015

  'World Heritage Weekend' (2015) 'The Conversazione & A Walk in the Park'
• C3b-507a: Shipley Glen Ramble

  Booklet, called 'Shipley Glen Ramble' by Stanley Varo. A booklet of rambles with a fold out map at the front. For each walk there is a short history. The walks include, for instance, history of amusement park in Shipley Glen.
• C3b-516: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)

  Large Laminated copy of Bradford Weekly Telegraph 7th Nov. 1903 'Unveiling of Salt statue in park'
• F1a-098: Rae of Sunshine

  Newspaper cuttings of articles about Norman Rae for an exhibition mounted by Friends of Northcliffe Park
• F1a-310: Cash From the Coal Measures - Mining & Brick-making in Heaton Woods & Northcliffe

  An article from the Bradford Antiquary (published by the Bradford Antiquarian Society) no. 17, 1923. History of the Northcliffe area, near to Saltaire, which had seen much mining activty from the seventeenth century up to the early twentieth century. The area became converted to a public park and playing fields in 1920 enabled by a donation from Sir Norman Rae.
• 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
• F1b-142b: Bradford- Miscellaneous Images

  Fossilised Tree in Horton Park
• F1b-142c: Bradford- Miscellaneous Images

  Lake in Peel Park
• F1b-142d: Bradford- Miscellaneous Images

  Gardens in Horton Park
• F1b-142e: Bradford- Miscellaneous Images

  Lake in Bowling Park
• F1b-142f: Bradford- Miscellaneous Images

  Lake in Bowling Park
• F1b-142g: Bradford- Miscellaneous Images

  Lake in Manningham Park
• Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Saltaire is an area on the Western edge of Shipley in West Yorkshire. The village was created from the 1850s onwards by Bradford industrialist Titus Salt as a location for a new textile mill and homes and amenities for its workers. The village had many public buildings and amenities including: shops, schools, a dining hall, a Club and Institute, and a public park with sporting areas. Most of the village remains intact today. In 2001 Saltaire became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• 2019.46.12: Views of Shipley College Exhibition Road building with scaffolding

  2 coloured photographs (13cmx9cm). The top photograph shows a view over the roof and top windows of Shipley College with the Shipley College sign on the side of the building near a roof. The bottom photograph shows Shipley College with scaffolding on chimneys and a white caravan parked in the car park.
• Royal visit 1882 by Prince of Wales (future Edward VII)

  The Prince and Princess of Wales (the future Edward VII and his consort Alexandra) visited Saltaire in 1882. The Royal couple were visiting the area to preside at the opening of the new Technical College in Bradford. The prince and princess stayed at Milner Field, the home of TItus Salt Junior and his wife Catherine.
• 2022.34: Model Industrial Communties in Mid-Nineteenth Century Yorkshire- Edited by J.A.Jowitt

  A series of papers by various authors on various 'model villages' in Yorkshire - Including Saltaire, Copy , Ackroydon,West Hill Park etc.
• C3a-101a.3: May Rhodes pictured putting (golf)

  Photograph of May Rhodes holding a golf club. Possibly in North Cliffe Park, Shipley. Text on the reverse of the photograph reads 'May. Putting up North Cliffe. Pre-war'
• 2022.20: Bygone Bradford

  A book of black and white photographs from the commercial archive of the Bradford Telegraph and Argus newspaper. The book includes views of many events and places in Bradford and the surrounding areas. Includes the following photographs relevant to Saltaire: page 113, the statue of Sir Titus Salt in its original position outside Bradford Town Hall (it is now located in Lister Park in the outskirts of Bradford); page 115, Salts (Saltaire) LImited private fire brigade pictured with their fire engine in 1939; page 127, the Salts Silver Band in the village in 1931.