Items

• 2020.15: Probate for Mary Isabel Salt

  Copy of the Probate for the estate of Mary Isabel Salt who died 21st May 1968 at Broomhall, Victoria Drive, Bognor Regis, Surrey. Includes a copy of her Will. She requests to be cremated. Most of the estate goes to Rosemary Edith Wilmot, with some bequest to her nephews, Denys Salt and Peter Salt
• 2020.16.1: Clive Woods interviewed

  The Audio CD is a partial transfer from cassette tapes of a recording of an interview with Clive Woods, local Saltaire bookshop owner, historian, and heritage campaigner. Clive is being interviewed by Graham Haughton of the University of Manchester. The recording of the start of the interview is of poor quality. Clive Woods talks about his part in the process of making Saltaire into a World Heritage Site. He starts by referring to the reopening of Saltaire Railway Station (closed in the 1960s) in the 1980s and claims that this was the start of the 'gentrification' of Saltaire. He goes on to talk about the campaign agains a proposed Shipley bye-pass that would have gone along the route of Coach Road next to Roberts Park. Clive also mentions some of the older inhabitants of Saltaire, church officials in the village, and Bradford Council having no interest in preserving Saltaire, but how they gradually changed their minds. He refers to the influence of the well-known historian Roy Strong of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Bradford entrepreneur Jonathan Silver. He goes on to talk about the origin of the Saltaire Village Society and the part it played in influencing English Heritage and UNESCO in the preservation and protection of Saltaire.
• 2020.16.2: Talk at Saltaire Village Society

  Talk at Saltaire Village Society 2001 by Clive Woods. For details see 2020.16.1
• 2020.16.3: Talk at Saltaire Village Society

  Talk at Saltaire Village Society 2001 by Clive Woods. For details see 2020.16.1
• 2020.17: Glimpses of 150 years of Methodism at Sataire

  'Glimpses of 150 years of Methodism at Saltaire Methodist Church by Ann Willey (1868-2018)
• 2020.18: Bright Boots

  Autobiography of the life of Fred Greswell. He owned Bradford Property Trust which bought the village of Saltaire from Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. in 1933. Fred Gresswell 1890-1985 startred work in the grocery trade, then moved into Insurance and then property management
• 2020.19: Plans of Shipley College

  8 plans of Shipley College
• 2020.19.1: Plans of Shipley College

  Plan of Shipley College Annex, Victoria Road - Ground Floor, First Floor, Roof plan : February 1988
• 2020.19.2: Plans of Shipley College

  Plan of Shipley College Annex, Victoria Road - Basement Plan : July 1990
• 2020.19.3: Plans of Shipley College

  Plan of Shipley College Exhibition Building - Proposed plan-First Floor - December 1994
• 2020.19.4: Plans of Shipley College

  Plan of Shipley College Exhibition Building - Proposed plan-Second Floor - December 1994
• 2020.19.5: Plans of Shipley College

  Plan of Shipley College Main Building - Existing Floor and Roof plans- March 1992
• 2020.19.6: Plans of Shipley College

  Plan of Exhibition Building, Shipley College Proposed plans Ground Floor - December 1994
• 2020.19.7: Plans of Shipley College

  Shipley College plan of Greenhouses and Grounds - June 1995
• 2020.19.8: Plans of Shipley College

  Acetate of Shipley College Annex _ MISSING -OCTOBER 2021
• 2020.2.1: Harold Kendall in his allotment

  Coloured photograph of Harold Kendall amongst his roses in his allotment in Saltaire. Allotment is located behind Saltaire United Reformed Church, shows Roberts Park in background.
• 2020.2.10: The Worsted Overlooker's Handbook

  This copy of 'The Worsted Overlooker's Handbook'. shows calculations, rules and tables useful for a worsted overlooker. It has details about Warping, Spinning, Yarns and Weft. Handwritten inscription inside front cover: 'William Gale, Burnside MIll (Swan Hotel), Addingham. Nov. 8th 1905'. The booklet was used by Harold Kendall during his time at Salts Mill
• 2020.2.11: Handy Reckoner

  This copy of the 'Handy Reckoner' Contains 'Tables of Interest, Income and wages calculations. Percentage tables for profits and discount. Tables of Interest, comparative weights of materials. Tables to calculate wages based on hours worked. The booklet was used by Harold Kendall during his time at Salts Mill
• 2020.2.12: Cassell's Pocket English Dictionary

  This copy of the 'Cassell's Pocket English Dictionary' has a picture of a Kangaroo on the inside title page. Inside front cover and on the rear fly-leaf is marked 'James Dewarr, 48, Field Street, Shipley
• 2020.2.13: Notebook used for technical details

  Small paper notebook. Used to make notes regarding textile technical details. Probably copied from a published technical book. Aslo probably used as an aide-memoir diary for some of his work. References to: twists, pulley, cylinders, Knob Yarn, Loop Yarn, Spiral Yarn, Flake Yarn. Changing wheel dimensions etc.