Saltaire Collection

Items

• C2b-286n: Saltaire village Images (Places)

  One of a folder of mounted postcards and photographs of Saltaire.Rosse Hotel 'Airedale Harriers' / School football team
• C3a-160: Saltaire village, Documents (People),

  Advert for B. Gldhills & sons + photograph of Winnie Gedhill ? At 'Salt School'? (see E1b-009)
• E1a-063: Letter from William Fry concerning Vincent Riordan

  Handwritten letter and typed transcription of a letter by William Fry to Salts Schools Governors regarding Vincent Riordon. Fry was helping to organise the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition in Saltaire and Vincent Riordan was a possible contact to assist sourcing exhibits. In the letter Fry expresses his concern that Riordan may not be a reliable person with which to do business.
• E1b-111: Education, Schools (Images)

  A collection of small poStreet-card copies of: P-copy of photograph of Children exercising in school playground (Street. Walburgas, Farfield Road?)
• E1b-112: Education, Schools (Images)

  A collection of small post-cards, of Children in a school classroom (St Walburgas, Farfield Road?)
• E1b-113: Education, Schools (Images)

  P-copy of photograph of small children in a school classroom
• E1b-114: Education, Schools (Images)

  A collection of small post-card copies of: P-copy of photograph of boys doing woodwork in a school classroom
• E1c-001: Education, Schools (Plans) in Saltaire Map Case

  Plan of Salts School showing classroom seating
• E2-004a-c: Report and Balance Sheet of the Fancy Fair

  3 Photocopy pages from :'Report and Balance Sheet of the Fancy Fair'. The Fair was held in the Saltaire Institute (now known as Victoria Hall) from 12 to 22 February 1896. The Fair was held to raise funds to clear debts owned by Saltaire Schools, largely from the construction of the new Technical School on Exhibition Road, opened in 1887. The document gives thanks to the many people involved in producing the Fair. It reports there was a profit of £3702 and 19 shillings, a large sum at that time. The accounts show the sums raised by the various stalls, and details payments to various entertainers.
• E2-010: Opening of the new Engineering Department

  Small paper-bound booklet 'Technical Institute: Opening of the new Engineering Department by Ernest Parkinson (21st October 1932)
• E2-048: Cottage by a stream

  Framed limited edition print of a water-colour of 'Cottages by a Stream' by W.C. Foster (1887-1929). Foster was a head teacher at Shipley Scool of Art, based in the Exhibition Building in Saltaire.
• E2-060b: Saltaire: The Evening Schools are now Open

  Copy of a notice 'Saltaire: The Evening Schools are now Open' (1867). The classes were held in the Dining Hall building of Salts Mill as no school buildings had yet been built in Saltaire. The poster advertises classes in reading, writing and arithmetic at a charge of 1 pence per class. The classes were to be given by Miss Wade and George Morrell (who had a 45 year career as a teacher in Saltaire).
• E2-082: Kodai Karakusu moyo shu

  Illustrated pattern book; 'Kodai Karakusa Moyo Shu, Zen', Collection of Ancient Karakusa (Arabesque) Patterns. The prints are bound into a book, which is from Japan. Previously part of The Salt Schools, Technical Schools Reference Library. The information about the books was suplied in a letter from a Dr at Cambridge University Library.
• H1-054a: Certificate of Merit for Fred Hanson

  Saltaire Club & Institute, School of Art: Certificate of Merit awarded to Fred Hanson (Donald Hanson's grandfather)
• 2022.4: Bookbinding

  'The Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks : Bookbinding' by Douglas Cockerell, with text and drawings
• 2022.5: Wallpaper : Its History, Design and Use

  Wallpaper : Its History, Design and Use by Phyllis Ackerman - Includes text and black and white illustrations
• 2022.6: Decorations with Duresco Water Paint

  Text and illustrations on the use of Duresco water paints in the internal decorations in churches and houses
• 2019.46.15: Display for apprentice spinning and weaving overlookers

  Black and white photograph (16.5cmx12cm) of fabric, bobbins, and a spinning frame. Label above display reads 'Courses for Apprentice Spinning and Weaving Overlookers!'
• Llanfairfechan, Clwyd, United Kingdom

  Llanfairfechan is coastal town and seaside resort on the north coast of Wales. Students from the Salts Grammar School visited Llanfairfechan in 1954.
• Cullercoats, Northumberland, United Kingdom

  Cullercoats is a village on the coast of Northumberland in England. Cullercoats has a good beach and is a popular holiday and day-trip destination. Students from the Salts Grammar School visited the village in 1955.