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• Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Harrogate is a large spa town in North Yorkshire. Harrogate was the location of a home of Catherine Salt and also of the 'Roberts' Memorial Home for Invalid and Cripple Children' gifted by Sir James Roberts to the Barnardo's organisation.
• Halifax, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  A large town in West Yorkshire. A major centre for woollen textile production during the nineteenth century. The prominent Crossley family's carpet business was based in Halifax. One of its members, Catherine Crossley, married Titus Salt Junior.
• Guiseley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Guiseley is a town in the metrpolitan district of Leeds in West Yorkshire.
• Glasgow, United Kingdom

  A major city in the West of Scotland.
• Fairlight Hall, East Sussex, United Kingdom

  A Victorian gothic mansion in its own grounds near Hastings in East Sussex. A home of Sir James Roberts in his later life.
• Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

  Derby is a city in the English midlands. An ancient market town, Derby became a leading site for textile production during the earliest days of the Industrial Revolution.
• Dayton, Tennessee, United States of America

  Dayton was the site of large depotits of coal and iron. During the 1880s the Salt family invested heavily in a local coal and iron smelting business and created a town for its workers. The cost of the investment contributed to the financial problems of the Salts' textile business which eventually led to its being sold in the 1890s.
• Chorley, Lancashire, United Kingdom

  Town in Lancashire. Former centre of cotton cloth production drom the industrial revolution to the late twentieth century.
• Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom

  A town in Lancashire on the West coast of England. Blackpool became a popular destination for holidays during the nineteenth century, especially for visitors from West Yorkshire. In 1953 Salts (Saltaire) Limited arranged an outing ofr its entire workforce to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of Salts Mill.
• Bingley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  A town in West Yorkshire, about 6 miles West of Bradford. A traditional market town, it became a site of textile production during the Industrial Revolution.
• Ayr, Ayrshire, United Kingdom

  Ayr is a town on the South West coast of Scotland.
• Austwick, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Small rural village in North Yorkshire. Location of the retirement home of Harriet Byles, the second head teacher of the Salts High School for Girls.
• 2019.55.1: Student reports for Ivy Severs

  Shipley Education Committee Central Girls School Student's Reports booklet belonging to Ivy Severs, 1929. Ivy later married and became Ivy Muschamp and ran a grocers shop on Victoria Road in Saltaire in the 1950s.
• C2a-134b-d: Saltaire village

  Three cards marked: 'Shipley Education Committeee - Central School (Infants Department) M. Schofield -Head Master 'Presented for One Weeks Perfect Attendance' [Reverse has coloured pictures of country scenes)
• C2b-379: Saltaire Fire Brigade

  Early 20th century black and white photograph of Saltaire Fire Brigade and two newspaper articles dated 1986
• E1b-158: School medical examination note

  Original form from Shipley Education Committee for the Medical Examination of Eric Sutcliffe 1913. With statistics on E. Sutcliffe
• C2a-032: The Burling Beauties

  'The Burling Beauties' all named on the reverse of the photograph. The Team were an official football team for Salts Mill. The team are all posing ready for a match with one member drinking from a bottle.
• 2019.40: Shipley College Centenary

  Black & White Photograph of the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the Shipley College Centenary - 5th May 1987 by Lord Mayor Councillor W.A. (Bill) Nunn. Photograph includes bust of Sir Titus Salt in the foreground. Photograph taken in Shipley College Exhibition Building. Shipley College label on the reverse, including lion logo.
• 2019.57.1: Dorson Firth

  Mounted photograph of Dorson Firth, Gamekeeper of Northcliffe
• 2021.14: Sir H. Norman Rae 1860-1928 - Our Local Benefactor

  Sir H. Norman Rae 1860-1928 by G. Shuttleworth and M. Walker. Covering he life of the man who gave Northcliffe Park to the people of Shipley