Items

• H2-210.48: Pages 91-92 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918

  May 8 1914 Opening Saltaire Cricket Pavillion (2). full spread-with photo. June 10 1914 Sir James Roberts' Scottish tenantry. Aug 5 1914 Half-time working at the mill. Sept 1 1914 advert. Aug 13 1914 Bradford Merchants and the Moratorium
• H2-211: Architectural plans for the rebuilding of Hirst Mills

  Set of architectural plans for the rebuilding of Hirst Mills after a fire. Drawn up by the Bradford architects Samuel Robinson and Sons for Glyn, Thomas and Company Limited who rented the mill at the time. There are five separate drawings. One is a plan for the main building. Four are elevations from different perspectives.
• Northcliffe, Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Northcliffe is an area on the south side of the Aire Valley near to Saltaire. It was a site of woods, agriculture, coal mining and stone quarrying from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century, In 1919 Norman Rae, a local mill owner and MP for Shipley, donated £12,500 to the local council to purchase 114 acres of Northcliffe for use by the public. It is now a park, allotments and playing fields.
• Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  A large cathedral city in West Yorkshire. During the Industrial Revolution Bradford became a major centre for woollen textile production and rapidly grew in size. Titus Salt's original textile business was based in Bradford. By the 1850s the growth in size had resulted in insanitary, poor living conditions for many workers. This prompted Titus Salt to create Saltaire as a model village for his mill and its workers.
• C2a-163: Two 'Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition' commemorative bookmarks

  Two 'Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition' commemorative bookmarks - May 8th 1887 by Princess Beatrice. Portrait of Titus Salt on the front and print of Salt's Mill on the rear
• F1a-093: Gladys Shuttleworth Collection - Norman Rae & Northcliffe Shipley, Miscellaneous Documents.

  Information about Gladys Shuttleworth by the 'Friends of Northcliffe'. Gladys donated items related to local mill owner, Shipley M.P. and philanthropist Sir Norman Rae.
• F1a-303: Production in the works of J. Parkinson & Son

  Spiral-bound booklet: 'Production in the works of J. Parkinson & Son, Shipley'
• 2022.7: Scribbling and Carding

  A book on the technical aspects of Scribbling and Carding by G.R. Smith. Stamped inside with 'Stuart Bros Ltd, Ashley Mills, Shipley'. Includes text and black and white illustrations.
• 2020.2.16: School exercise book for Textile department for 1912-1913 session

  Shipley Technical School - Textile Department note book. With'Students Name' 'Harold Kendall' 'Session 1912-1913' 'Subject: 3rd Year Woollen and Worsted Spinning' handwritten in ink. This exercise book was used by Harold Kendall while a student at the Technical School, now Shipley College. The book includes notes from his 'Woollen, Worsted and Spinning' classes. The exercise book icludes notes on: Textile Fabrics, Mineral Fibres, Sketches of rollers, physical properties of wool and other materials, Sketches of machines to clean and wash wool. How different countries climates etc. produce different wools. The quality and use of wools. Sketch maps of the different sheep in different countries, and the different yarns from sheep. Trade terms and names, wool values. 'Gret details for anyone studying the history of wool textile production.'
• 2020.2.17: School exercise book for Textile department for 1913-1914 session

  Shipley Technical School - Textile Department note book. With 'Students Name' 'Harold Kendall' 'Session 1913-1914' 'Subject: 4th Year Woollen and Worsted Spinning' handwritten in ink. This exercise book was used by Harold Kendall while a student at the Technical School, now Shipley College. The book includes notes from his 'Woollen, Worsted and Spinning' classes. The exercise book icludes notes on: Woollen and Worsted Threads, Carding, Diagrams of spindles and cards in machines, Worsted carding engine details, How to prepare machines to put wool in, How to wash and clean machines, Types of combs to use in machines, Sketch drawings of different textile equipment. 'Great details for anyone studying the history of wool textile production'.
• 2020.2.18: School exercise book for Textile department 1914-15 session

  Shipley Technical School - Textile Department note book. With 'Students Name' 'Harold Kendall' 'Session 1914-1915' 'Subject: Woollen and Worsted Spinning' handwritten in ink. This exercise book was used by Harold Kendall while a student at the Technical School, now Shipley College. The book includes notes from his 'Woollen, Worsted and Spinning' classes. The exercise book icludes notes on: Drawing, afirst operation after Combing, Extensive notes and drawings of textile machines and parts, Details of production of fine mohair, alpaca and camel hair, and cashmire yarns. 'Great details for anyone studying the history of wool textile production'.
• Liverpool, United Kingdom

  Liverpool is a major city on the north western coast of England. Liverpool is an important port, rising in prominence during the Industrial Revolution. Many raw materials and finished goods for the Salt textile business were routed through Liverpool. The Leeds-Liverpool canal was built during the late eighteenth century and siting Saltaire next to the canal was an important point for Titus Salt when deciding the location of his new mill and village.
• C3a-101a: A typed biography of Saltaire resident May Rhodes (nee Walker)

  Personal memories of growing up and going to school in Shipley. Includes account of starting work in a textile mill in Shipley, and war work for AVRO at Yeadon. Post-war accounts of getting married, living and working in Saltaire.
• F1a-094b: Sir Norman Rae 1860-1928: Our Local Benefactor

  A biography of local Mill owner, Shipley MP and philanthropic benefactor Sir Norman Rae
• 2024.71: Yorkshire Textile Mills 1770-1930 by Colum Giles & Ian H Goodall

  An illustrated paperback book subtitled The Buildings of the Yorkshire Textile Industry. Provides a history of the development of mill buildings in Yorkshire between the late eitghteenth century and the 1930s. Mainly concentrates on the former West Riding of Yorkshire, the centre of the woollen textile industry in the county. Includes photographs, drawings and plans.
• 2024.43: On Tenterhooks

  Paperback book with full title 'On Tenterhooks - a compendium of textile words, terms and expressions'. Compiled by Eugene Nicholson. A glosary of words, terms and expressions used in the British textile undustry.
• C2b-032.2: Victoria Road, Saltaire in the 1920s

  Photograph of Victoria Road pointing down towards the mill with hospital on right, around 1920s. Almshouses are visible.
• C2b-032.8: Boathouse, Saltaire

  Photograph of the boathouse, Saltaire, showing second bridge over the river and mill in background.
• C4a-015.4: Saltaire History Club Meeting for May 2007

  A4 poster for Saltaire History Club Meeting for May 2007 New Hirst Mill by Bill Hampshire, author of 'The Water Mills of Shipley'and Early Saltaire Families a round table discussion with Saltaire folk
• 2024.119: Saltaire (Shipley) Bradford

  Coloured postcard of the Boat House at Saltaire with a steam launch in the foreground and people and mill buildings in the background. On the reverse it says published by the Saltaire Village Society and Saltaire Tourist Information Centre 1996