Items

• 2022.72: Photographic postcards of Saltaire and Shipley from the early twentieth centuries

  Black and white photographic postcards of various scenes in and near Saltaire and Shipley. Includes: a view of Salts Mill from the United Reformed Church; the bandstand and the status of Sir Titus Salt in Roberts Park; the canal lock near Hirst Wood (about a mile from Saltaire); Market Place in Shipley; the Otley Road bridge over the river AIre in Shipley.
• 2024.39: Salt and Silver - a story of hope

  Paperback book by Jim Greenhalf. Biographical treatment of the history of Saltaire focussing on the stories of TItus Salt and Jonathan Silver, the Bradford entrepreneur who bought Salts Mill in the 1980s and transformed it into a new centre for business, leisure and retail.
• 2024.40: Salt and Silver: a story of hope

  Second, revised edition of a paperback book by Jim Greenhalf. Biographical treatment of the history of Saltaire focussing on the stories of TItus Salt and Jonathan Silver, the Bradford entrepreneur who bought Salts Mill in the 1980s and transformed it into a new centre for business, leisure and retail.
• 2024.51: The Bradford Antiquary 3rd series No. 3

  An edition of the jJournal of the Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society. Contains chapter called 'Crisis at Saltaire' which mentions the history of Salts Mill and discussion about its future.
• 2024.59: The Salt Saga volume 2

  Blue hardbacked lined notebook with handwritten notes and cuttings. Research notes about Saltaire village, Salts mill and Sir Titus, compiled in 1971.
• 2024.60: The Salt Saga volume 3

  Blue hardbacked lined notebook with handwritten notes and cuttings. Research notes about Saltaire village, Salts mill and Sir Titus, compiled in 1971.
• C4a-015.7: Saltaire History Club Meeting for January 2008

  2 copies of A4 poster for Saltaire History Club Meeting for January 2008 Salts Mill Remembered by Stanley King and Frank Senior. They recall the final decades of production
• B1-622: Wooden shuttle

  A wooden shuttle with metal tips and an interior metal mechanism. The shuttle has a wide opening on top and a narrow opening on the bottom.
• 2018.39.1: Minton China Service

  1 of 6 China plates from a Minton China Service which was made for the Opening of Salts Mill in 1853.
• 2018.39.2: Minton China Service

  2 of 6 China plates from a Minton China Service which was made for the Opening of Salts Mill in 1853.
• 2018.39.3: Minton China Service

  3 of 6 China plates from a Minton China Service which was made for the Opening of Salts Mill in 1853.
• 2018.39.4: Minton China Service

  4 of 6 China plates from a Minton China Service which was made for the Opening of Salts Mill in 1853.
• 2018.39.5: Minton China Service

  5 of 6 China plates from a Minton China Service which was made for the Opening of Salts Mill in 1853.
• 2018.39.6: Minton China Service

  6 of 6 China plates from a Minton China Service which was made for the Opening of Salts Mill in 1853.
• 2024.147: Saltaire, nr Bradford

  Framed photograph of 'Saltaire, nr Bradford', showing Lower Baildon towards Salts Mill & Saltaire. Photograph is in a dark wooden frame with gold inlay colour. Noted on the back is 'Saltaire, Crafts & Hobbies, 16, Victoria Road, Saltaire, Shipley.
• B1-328: Booklet with tickets

  Booklet, with tickets, for the mill Centenary trip to Blackpool 26th June 1953 for Miss A.Booker
• B1-373a,b+d: Salts Mill warehouse in Well Street, Bradford

  Photograph of the gates of the Salt's warehouse at 45 Well Street Bradford.
• C2a-108: Saltaire village - Images (People)

  Photocopy of a group of mill women with some railway-men in Victoria Road, prior to Blackpool trip 1953
• C4a-017: Saltaire Village

  Various tourist information leaflets about Saltaire Village, including: - Saltaire United Reformed Church Guide - 1982 - Saltaire United Regormed Church - A future in Your Hands - Leaflet for Apollo Canal Cruises - Saltaire Yorkshire Visitor Guide - Leaflet Welcome to Salts Mill - Saltaire Trail -1996 - Salts Mill - A short history & guide - A Complete Guide to Saltaire Victorian Village - 1983 - The Tourist Guide to Saltaire - 1996 - Visitors Guide Salts Mill - Leaflet Saltaire World Heritage Site - Self guided walks in and around Saltaire - Plan of propsed Saltaire Conservation Area - Saltaire a guide by D. Larvin - 1976 - Leaflet Listed Buildings in the Saltaire World Heritage Site, 2004 & 2009 - Magazine - Conservation Area Assessment from Bradford Council
• H2-008a: Roberts' letter book 1914-1917

  Book of letters in a red coloured bound ledger, with numbered pages. The letters are mainly typed and are a record of the letters sent by Sir James Roberts while he owned and managed Salts Mill. They cover many business dealings concerning Salts Mill, management of the Mill and Sir James's Milner Field Estate, difficulties in trade during the First World War, the position of his only surviving son in the army during the war. A letter to Mr August Bermann in 1914 dealing with trade in Russia. A letter to Mr Lodge in 1917 discusses the winding up of Belwarp Ltd which was a subsidiary company of Sir Titus Salts Bart., Sons and Co Ltd, based in Argentina. A letter in 1916 to Michael Sadler, Vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds, offers an endowment of £10,000 to establish a chair of Russian.