Items

• 2016.4: Derwent Valley Textile Mills

  A booklet on the history of the Derwent Valley Textile Mills. Produced from original in: Industrial Archaeology Review Vol. XVI, Number 1, Autumn 1993
• 2018.42.4: Yorkshire Past and Present Vol. 1. 1873

  4 of 5 volumes of the publication 'Yorkshire Past and Present'. Containing prints of Rivaulx and Bolton Abbeys and Bradford Wool Exchange. This volume contains the early history of Yorkshire from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 18th century. Includes Daniel Defoes 'Tour of Yorkshire'. Includes the history of the Woollen and Worsted Manufacture of Yorkshire.
• 2019.4.10: Product tag

  Small product tag. The label states Registered trademarks. Brown with certification.
• 2019.4.11: Product tag

  Small green product tag with a green alpaca tag. The label states Registered trademarks.
• 2019.4.13: Burling Iron

  Burling Iron used in the Burling and Mending Department to remove knots or lumps in woven cloth
• 2019.4.14: Burling Iron

  A burling iron used in the Burling and Mending Department to remove knots or lumps in woven cloth
• 2019.4.6: key ring

  Small cream keyring with the words Saltaire fabric on it. Possibly given out by the Sales or Marketing Representatives at trade shows or to clients.
• 2019.4.7: Product tag

  Small product tag. The label states Registered trademark, Super Pelecia Pepper Lee; green, black and red certification.
• 2019.4.8: key ring

  Small red keyring with the words Saltaire fabric on it. Possibly given out by the Sales or Marketing Representatives at trade shows or to clients.
• 2019.4.9: Product tag

  Small product tag. The label states Registered trademarks. Black with certification.
• 2019.45.11: Saltaire Overlookers

  Saltaire Overlookers Part 1-Part 5 1853-1959
• 2019.59: Textile Voices: a century of mill life

  A book by Tim Smith and Olive Howarth of Bradford Heritage Recording Unit. Contains reminiscences of textiles workers about working in mills around Bradford, as recorded by the Unit. Illustrated with photographs of mills, workers and the streets of Bradford and nearby towns
• 2019.6.1: Reed Brush

  Reed Brush with wooden handle.
• 2019.6.3: Wooden wall / table cloth measure

  Wooden wall / table cloth measure.
• 2019.60: Here To Stay

  Here To Stay-Bradford's South Asian communities (A pictorial guide) by Bradford Heritage Recording Unit
• 2019.7.1: Shuttle

  Shuttle used in the textile manufacture.
• 2019.7.2: Shuttle

  Shuttle used in the textile manufacture.
• 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
• 2020.2.13: 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.