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Dining Hall building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom The Dining Hall was the very first public building in Saltaire, completed in 1854. The Dining Hall served many purposes during the early years of Saltaire. In addition to serving 600 breakfasts and 700 dinners every day, it doubled as a school for ‘half-timers’, children who would work in the mill during the morning, then attend school in the afternoon. It also served as a meeting hall, library, reading room and a venue for religious services, public lectures and other meetings. As Saltaire grew, these functions were gradually moved to purpose-built buildings including: the Salt Schools on Victoria Road, the Saltaire Club and Institute, the Congregational Church and the Methodist Chapel. Today, the Dining Hall is owned by Shipley College and is known as the Mill Building. A major refurbishment and conversion in 1998 modified the interior to make it suitable for lessons, but the changes are entirely reversible. -
2018.36.3: Statement and Scheme for the reconstruction of Sir Titus Salt Bart & Sons Ltd A twelve page document, written on behalf of the trustees of the Will of Sir Titus Salt Bart. concerning the financial status of Sir Titus Salt Bart. Sons & Co. Ltd. in 1892, and proposals for it going into voluntary liquidation and of being purchased by a consortium of four local businessmen including James Roberts. This appears to be an official copy of he orignal legal document which is availabe as item 2024.66. Local historian David King provides a detailed description of the document in item A1-125. -
2019.2.2: Souvenir Cup 1887 Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition Souvenir cup decorated with a view of Salts Mill. -
2019.2.4: Souvenir wooden box 1887 Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition Souvenir hinged wooden box, decorated with an image of Salts Mill on the lid.
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