Items

• H2-208.117: Baker Letters - regarding: clock at Milner Field; cost of labouring; Clarence Park and Hirst Wood House/Mill

  Clock at Milner Field; Waites & Judson worked Saturday / Sunday; Labourers usually get £3 8s a week; Spent time with Mr Foster & Mr Robinson - Clarence Park & Hirst Wood House/Mill
• B1-321: James Roberts speaking to workers

  Photograph of James Roberts addressing a group of workers at Salts Mill c.1900s
• H2-066: Sir James Roberts

  A profile studio photograph of Sir James Roberts
• H2-149: Roberts Military Tribunal

  'The Case of Sir James Roberts: The Military Service Tribunal'. Article in the Bradford Pioneer, 1916 concerning an attempt to exempt Joseph Henry Roberts, son of Sir James Roberts, from war service.
• H2-160b: Oxenhope Mill: James Roberts' first employment

  A photograph of Oxenhope Mill where Sir James Roberts first worked as a boy.
• H2-178a,c: Photographs of James Henry Roberts

  James Henry Roberts at different ages, although identity of the person pictured is not confirmed. James William Roberts was the son of Sir James Roberts
• H2-167a: Bertram and James William Roberts

  Photograph of Bertram Roberts and James William Roberts, sons of Sir James Roberts, as young boys. The photograph was taken at Appleton & Co., Bradford
• H2-209.1: James Roberts Diary 1884

  Copy of a diary written by James Roberts on a visit to Australia in 1884
• D3-089: Leisure - Park & Amenities

  Laminated photos of Old/New Park Staff - plus 4 modern photos of people in the park
• D3-092: Leisure - Park & Amenities

  Laminated photos of Old Skate Park/New Skate Park
• D3-132: Leisure - Park & Amenities

  Postcard of the park lodge + plan of park
• 2024.33: Salt before Saltaire

  A research document from local historian Les Brook on the history of Sir Titus Salt before the move of his business to Saltaire in 1853. In four parts: Part 1: The investigation starts with snippets of evidence […in Part 2 onwards, I try to make sense of these] 3 Part 2: The Salts’ Early Years in Bradford 12 Part 3: Titus Salt’s Bradford mills 16 Part 4: A Cartographic Summary of Titus Salt’s Bradford before Saltaire
• F1a-138a: Northcliffe Park ornate key

  Copy of 2 photos of the gold key for the opening of Northcliffe Park, June 1920. The park was paid for by a donation from Sir Norman Rae.
• F1a-143: Marion Jean Woodhead opens the gate to Northcliffe Park

  Photograph of Miss Marion Jean Woodhead opening the gate to the woodland path in Northcliffe Park with the gold key, June 1920. The park had been paid for by a donation from Sir Norman Rae.
• H2-136: A Statue of Sir Titus Salt: Gift by Mr James Roberts

  'A Statue of Sir Titus Salt: Gift by Mr James Roberts' - an article in the Yorkshire Observer
• H2-208.132: Baker Letters - regarding: payment of gardners; weed killer; pension query

  Park gardener & Milner Field Gardener paid; Mr Garland & weed killer; Mr John Monaghan of 25 Whitham Street is 82 and wants a pension to help him even though Sir James only pays pensions until age 70
• D3-093: Leisure - Park & Amenities

  Laminated copy of photograph of Roberts (sic) Skate park in the snow
• 2019.9.2.2: Town plan

  Showing the town and works of Saltaire and Saltaire Park. From an original plan by Lockwood and Mawson c.1870. The park was under construction in 1870, but was always part of the Lockwood and Mawsons plan for the Town, so this may be a plan for the future or it may be to show the completed work. The corner site at the west end of Gordon Terrace is not yet developed. This site was bought by Sir Titus in 1874.
• C3b-410a: 'The Park & Shipley Glen'

  Information about Roberts Park in Saltaire and Shipley Glen
• 2021.4.5.2: Apportionment of rentals to Sir James Roberts

  A statement of apportionment of rentals to Sir James Roberts - 01/1912. Relates to land that was used by Bradford rowing club.