Items

• A1-036: The Great Yorkshire Llama

  Facsimile copy of 'Household Words' (Nov. 27th 1852) with an article entitled 'The Great Yorkshire Llama'. Household Words was a weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens. The article tells a story of how Titus Salt allegedley discovered surplus alpaca wool in 1836 and started experimenting with it to produce cloth. This led to a very successful textile business and, as the article was being written, the construction of a large new mill in what was to become Saltaire. See also https://www.djo.org.uk/household-words/volume-vi/page-250.html
• A1-037b,c,e: The Great Yorshire Llama

  1 of 5 copies of a reprint of 'The Great Yorkshire Llama' by Charles Dickens. The reprint is from Household Words Voume 6, o 140 published on Saturday November 27th 1952. The article tells a story of how Titus Salt allegedley discovered surplus alpaca wool in 1836 and started experimenting with it to produce cloth. This led to a very successful textile business and, as the article was being written, the construction of a large new mill in what was to become Saltaire.
• A1-038: Research on alpacas

  Letter from Roger Edwards to Clive Wood on his research into alpacas in the UK
• A1-039: Titus Salt and the alpacas

  Letter from Colin Woods to Clive Woods relating to a proposed monograph on Salt and the alpacas
• B1-218: Celebrations at Salts Mill

  Photocopy of a reproduction of article 'Celebrations at Salts Mill' by John Mayhall
• B1-219: The Return

  Copy of 'The Return' a poem by Madge Townend
• B1-220a-m: On the Construction of Fire-proof Warehouses

  Extract from 'On the Construction of Fire-proof Warehouses' by William Fairbairn. Fairbairn was the chief engineer employed by Titus Salt when designing Salts Mill.
• B1-221: Alpaca cards

  Packet of assorted 'Alpaca 'Saltaire' ' cards
• B1-222: Dinner and dance invitations

  Set of 16 Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. 'Staff Dinner and Dance' invitations
• B1-223: Salts Mill and Museum : A short history and guide

  Contains a brief history and black and white photographs
• B1-224a-d: Death of John Rhodes

  Collection of cuttings and notes on the death of John Rhodes. Rhodes was one member of a consortium of four Bradford Businessmen who bought Salts Mill and Saltaire from the Salt family in 1893.
• B1-225a-b: Death of John Maddocks

  Collection of cuttings and notes on the death of John Maddocks. Maddocks was one of four businessmen who purchased the business of Sir TItus Salt Bart and Company in 1893 from the Salt family.
• B1-226a-h: Death of Isaac Smith

  Collection of cuttings and notes on the death of Isaac Smith. Collection of cuttings and notes on the death of John Maddocks. Smith and Maddocks were two of the four businessmen who purchased the business of Sir TItus Salt Bart and Sons Company Ltd. in 1893 from the Salt family.
• B1-227a-c: Notes of the Roberts, Rhodes, Smith, Maddocks consortium

  3 Notes on the Roberts, Rhodes, Smith & Maddocks consortium that in the 1890s purchased the business of Sir Titus Salt Bart and Company from the Salt family.
• B1-307a-b: Steam train near Salts Mill

  2 photographs of a steam train passing Saltaire Mill
• B1-308: Salts Mill chimney

  Photograph of scaffolding on mill and chimney for sandblasting
• B1-309: Long service certificate

  Saltaire Mill 'Long Service Certificate' presented to Arthur Greswell September 1937
• B1-310a-c: Pictures of Salts Mill

  3 board mounted coloured cards of Saltaire Mill
• B1-311: Salts Mill complex

  Large drawing of the Saltaire mill complex, published in 'The Graphic' Nov.28th 1896
• B1-312a-c: Workers trip to Wembley

  Photograph of a 'Salts Mill trip to Wembley'. Shows people in a charabanc in the 1920s