Items

• 2024.40: Salt and Silver: a story of hope

  Second, revised edition of a paperback book by Jim Greenhalf. Biographical treatment of the history of Saltaire focussing on the stories of TItus Salt and Jonathan Silver, the Bradford entrepreneur who bought Salts Mill in the 1980s and transformed it into a new centre for business, leisure and retail.
• 2024.41: Milner Field - the lost country house of Titus Salt jnr

  Paperback book by Lee-Van den Daele, Richard and Beale, R. David. Illustrated history of Milner Field, a mansion near to Saltaire built for Titus Salt Junior and his wife Catherine. The house was later owned by Sir James Roberts. It has a rather infamous history for a series of tragedies assocatied with it, including the death of Titus Salt Junior at a young age.
• 2024.42: The Bradford Book

  Paperback book with full title 'The Bradford Book: The first-ever handbook/survival guide to the Bradford area' edited by Roger Ratcliffe. Handbook for local residents and visotrs to the geography and history of Bradford as it was in the early 1990s.Mentions Sir Titus Salt
• 2024.43: On Tenterhooks

  Paperback book with full title 'On Tenterhooks - a compendium of textile words, terms and expressions'. Compiled by Eugene Nicholson. A glosary of words, terms and expressions used in the British textile undustry.
• 2024.44: Textiles

  Hadback book by Hugh Bodey. A history of making textiles from ancient times until the twentieth century.
• 2024.45: Pen and Pencil Pictures of Old Bradford

  Paperback book by William Scruton originally published in 1889. History of Bradford from early modern times up to late nineteenth century. Inlcudes many line drawings of areas of Bradford, Mentions Sir Titus Salt's birthplace, marriage and father's business
• 2024.46: Condition of the Industrial Classes

  Paperback book by William Cudworth originally published in the late ninetenth century. Describes the conditions of the working classes in Bradford in the second half of the nineteenth century based on an inquiry 'originated by Sir Jacob Behrens'. Hehrens was a successful textile merchant based in Bradford.
• 2024.47: Human Documents of the Industrial Revolution in Britain

  Hardback book by E Royston Pike. A history of the industrail revolution based on first-hand evidence mainly from official reports of inquiries into various industries, including the textile industry. Mentions Sir Titus Salt and Saltaire
• 2024.48: Bradford

  Hardback book by Joseph Fieldhouse. A history of Bradford.
• 2024.49: Salt and Saltaire

  Paperback book. part of Images of England Series by Dr Gary Firth. Contains many images of Saltaire.
• 2024.5: Second Forster Bulletin of the Forster Society, Bradford

  Compilation of papers written by Bradford teachers. Includes 'Shipley in the time of the School Board' written by Margaret Cooper c.1971/72 as part of her teacher training studies. It contains an account of the schools in Saltaire at the time. Bulletin date C.1974
• 2024.50: The History and Topography of Bradford

  Hardback book by John James. Centenary edition 1967. Originally published in 1841. Book about history from middle ages to middle of nineteenth century. Includes 'Topographical notices of parishes' and a pull-out map of the Bradford district in 1832.
• 2024.51: The Bradford Antiquary 3rd series No. 3

  An edition of the jJournal of the Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society. Contains chapter called 'Crisis at Saltaire' which mentions the history of Salts Mill and discussion about its future.
• 2024.52: Transactions of the Halifax Aniquarian Society 2016

  Paperback book with the title Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society vol.24 2016 edited by John A Hargreaves. Contains a chapter by Pauline Ford with the title 'Catherine Salt born Crossley (1846-1930), her life and circle'
• 2024.53: Victorian and Edwardian Yorkshire from Old Photographs

  Hardback book by A B Craven. Book about Victorian and Edwardian Yorkshire. Contains mainly photographs with some brief text descriptions. Contains image of Shipley Glen British Temperance Tea and Coffee House
• 2024.54: Memories of Windhill

  Paperback book with full title 'Memories of Windhill captured in words and camera by Bill King'. A collection of old photographs of the Windhill district of Bradford, near to Saltaire. Includes photograph of the Carnegie Library opened by James Roberts (the owner of Saltaire at the time) in 1906
• 2024.55: Historical Notices of Shipley, Saltaire, Idle, Windhill, Wrose, Baildon, Hawksworth, Eccleshill, Calverley, Rawdon, and Horsforth

  Hardback book with full title 'Historical Notices of Shipley, Saltaire, Idle, Windhill, Wrose, Baildon, Hawksworth, Eccleshill, Calverley, Rawdon, and Horsforth' by J Horsfall Turner. A facsimile reprint of the original 1901 publication. See also 2024.57 for the original copy. Book has series of articles on local history which includes Saltaire and Sir Titus Salt
• 2024.56.1: A weaver loads a pirn of weft thread into a shuttle, 1940s

  Picture of a room in a mill containing several machines. A woman is stood at a machine loading a shuttle.
• 2024.56.10: The second Midland station at Forster Square during the late nineteenth century

  Photograph shows the fron the Midland Railway station at Forster Square in Bradford. Several horse drawn carriages are visible in front of the building, A connected building has a sign 'Refreshment rooms'
• 2024.56.11: The transport fleet of Lister and Company at the rear of Manningham Mills

  Photographs shows aline of vehicles parked in front of Manningham Mills (also known as Lister's Mill). a large textile mill in Bradford. Four of the vehicles are early internal cumbustion engine small trucks,. Three are steam powered trucks.