Items

• Saltaire Methodist Church Collection
• Saltaire Mills Male Voice Choir

  A choir organised from the workers at Salts Mill.
• Saltaire Philharmonic Society

  An amateur musical society based in Saltaire in the early twentieth century.
• Saltaire Review Collection
• Saltaire Village Society Collection
• Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Saltaire is an area on the Western edge of Shipley in West Yorkshire. The village was created from the 1850s onwards by Bradford industrialist Titus Salt as a location for a new textile mill and homes and amenities for its workers. The village had many public buildings and amenities including: shops, schools, a dining hall, a Club and Institute, and a public park with sporting areas. Most of the village remains intact today. In 2001 Saltaire became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• Salts (Saltaire) Ltd.

  From 1923, the successor company to Sir Titus Salt Bart. and Sons Co. Ltd. A consortium of businessmen bought the business from Sir James Roberts in 1918. The company was floated on the stock exchange and changed its name in 1923.
• Salts Mill Centenary
• Salts Mill Fire Brigade

  The in-house fire-fighting team in Salts Mill
• Salts Mill, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  The first building to be constructed in Saltaire, Salts Mill was designed to manufacture textiles on a truly industrial scale. Titus Salt’s intention was to incorporate all elements of the manufacturing process under one roof, rather than each taking place at a separate location as his previous mills in Bradford required.Employing around 4000 workers, the Mill was the very heart of Saltaire. Part of Salt’s motivation to build Saltaire was his concern over the pollution and living conditions in Bradford. To prevent Saltaire suffering the same issues, each of the chimneys was fitted with an early device to remove pollutants from smoke. The Mill changed hands many times over the years. Following the collapse of the textile industry in West Yorkshire, processes were gradually moved out of the Salts Mill building. In 1985, the last processes were relocated, and the empty mill put up for sale. In 1987, Jonathan Silver purchased the Mill and refurbished it into the building we see today. Rather than a single manufacturing centre, the Mill is both the site of multiple new businesses and a cultural hub with shops, an art gallery and restaurant.
• Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Scarborough is a seaside town on the east coast of Yorkshire. Scarborough was a traditional fishing village which became a popular seaside holiday destination during the nineteenth century, particulary for workers from West Yorkshire. Scarborough was the home of the Congregationalist minister the Reverend Robert Balgarnie, a friend of Sir Titus Salt who wrote the first biography of the Salt.
• Second World War (1939-1945)

  The Second World War was a global war waged between Germany, Italy, Japan and and other 'Axis Powers' against the United Kingdom, France, the United States and their many allies. Most countries in the world were involved.
• Settle, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Market town in North Yorkshire
• Sharp Collection
• Sharp, Dorothy

  Over 6,000 Items make up the Saltaire Collection today and it all started with one person, Dorothy Sharp. Dorothy came to Saltaire in 1984 and was employed temporarily at Shipley Library, then located in Victoria Hall. Her first job was to sift through the local history collection to find materials suitable for schoolchildren. Later in 1984 Dorothy moved to nearby Shipley College as an assistant librarian and developed her interest in Saltaire's history. In 1987/88 Dorothy helped set up the 'Saltaire Resouce Base' - to support visiting schools - in the reopened Salts Mill, now a business, leisure and art centre being developed by local entrepreneur Jonathan Silver. Dorothy became known locally as someone who was interested in collecting and preserving materials to do with Saltaire. And so the donations came in, and the Saltaire Collection (as it is called now) was born and began to grow!
• Shaw & King Collection
• Shaw Collection
• Shaw, King & Hanson Collection
• Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Sheffield is a major city in South Yorkshire. Sheffield played a major role during the Industrial Revolution particularly for its steel-based manufacturing.
• Shetton & Wood Collection