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• Salt, Titus, Junior

  Fifth son of Sir Titus and Caroline Salt. He became one of the leading directors of the family firm Sir Titus Salt, Bart. and Sons Ltd.
• Salt, Titus, Sir

  Major textile industrialist, businessman and philanthropist in nineteenth century Bradford. Commisioned the building of Salts Mill and Saltaire.
• Saltaire Archive Exhibition Advertising Collection
• Saltaire Arts Trail

  Saltaire Arts Trail is a community arts event sually held every year in May. The Trail presents artworks from both emerging and established artists in venues throughout Saltaire, including private residences as well as Salts Mill, public buildings and outdoor spaces.
• Saltaire Arts Trail Collection
• Saltaire Booklets Collection
• Saltaire Club and Institute

  The Saltaire Club and Institute opened in 1870 and was based in a large new building on Victoria Road, above Salts Mill. The building is now referred to as Victoria Hall. Although not part of the temperance movement, Titus Salt was staunchly opposed to the construction of a public house in his village, having seen many workers in Bradford drink their wages away as soon as they were paid and fail to provide for their families. Residents were free to drink at home or at pubs outside the village but Salt hoped they would be attracted by the more immediate Social Club and Institute. The founding rules of the Club and Institute stated that its objects were 'to afford to the inhabitants of Saltaire, and its neighbourhood, the means of social intercourse, mutual help, mental and moral improvement and rational recreation, also to afford facilities for holding meetings of Friendly and other Societies'. There was a small quarterly charge for membership, whch was open to men, women and young people over the age of 13. The building housed rooms for billiards, bagatelle, chess and drafts, reading, classrooms, an extensive library, a laboratory and a large hall for lectures and concerts. In the 1880s it housed the Schools of Art and Science before they moved to the purpose-built Exhibition Building.
• Saltaire Collection
• Saltaire Congregational Church

  Titus Salt was a member of the non-conformist Congregational Church. He commisioned an elaborate church building which was built opposite Salts Mill. Since 1859 it has been the home of the Saltaire Congregational Church and its successor organisation the United Reformed Church.
• Saltaire Congregational Church Collection
• Saltaire Conversazione

  The Saltaire Conversazione was an annual social event that occurred between 1878 and 1964 (except for the years around the world wars). Usually held in January, the Conversazione originally was held over 3 days and consisted of events for eating, dancing, and entertainment. There were varying ticket prices for the individual events, making it possible for the whole of the Saltaire community to attend at least part of the Conversazione. The Salt family, particularly Titus Salt Junior and his wife Catherine, were prominent organisers of the event in its earliest days.
• Saltaire Cricket Club

  Saltaire Cricket Club was founded in 1869 and still operates today. It's home has always been Roberts (orginally Saltaire) Park where it has a scenic pitch and pavillion with a backdrop of the River Aire, Salts Mill and the United Reformed Church. Among its more famous players was the England bowler Sydney Barnes who played for the club between 1915 and 1925 and helped Saltaire win the Bradford League three times. Jim Laker, the outstanding England spin bowler of the 1950s, lived in Shipley, attended the Salt High School and played for the Cricket Club in the late 1930s. The club remains very active today playing in the Aire & Wharefdale Senior Cricket League.
• Saltaire Festival

  Saltaire Festival is an annual event held in Saltaire over ten days in September. It celebrates the local community and its heritage through a wide range of events including family activities, music and dramatic performances, street markets, exhibitions, and te provision and consumption of food and drink. It was first held in 2003, partly to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Sir Titus Salt and the 150th anniversary of the founding of Saltaire. It also celebrated the recognition by UNESCO of Saltaire as a World Heritage SIte. The Festival is normally held to coincide with the Heritage Open Days organised annually by English Heritage.
• Saltaire Festival Collection
• Saltaire History Club Collection
• Saltaire Houses Collection
• Saltaire Learning

  Saltaire Learning was a group of interested parties from Saltaire and the wider Bradford area and from the City of Bradford Metroplitan District Council brought together to act on the recommendations of a report on the educational potential of Saltaire (see 2018.60.1).
• Saltaire Memories Group

  Voluntary group active in Saltaire in late twentieeth century recording the memories of residents of the village and workers at Salts Mill
• Saltaire Memories Group Collection
• Saltaire Methodist Church

  The Church is located in Saltaire on land originally donated by Titus Salt (who was not a Methodist). The original methodist chapel was replaced by the current building in the late twentieth century.