Items · Saltaire Collection

2018.23.1: Saltaire Cricket Pavillion commemorative plate

Plate decorated with 'Saltaire Cricket Pavillion, Merrie England Bazaar 1927' transfer.

2018.23.2: Saltaire Cricket Pavillion commemorative plate

Plate decorated with 'Saltaire Cricket Pavillion, Merrie England Bazaar 1927' transfer.

2018.8: Bradford Cricket League 'Priestley Cup 1958'

Bradford Cricket League 'Priestley Cup' for 1958' presented to Salts (Saltaire) cricket club and E. Mason.

2019.44: China cup with blue motif of Saltaire Cricket Pavilion

Commemorative small white cup with with gold rim. A blue motif shows Saltaire Cricket Pavilion from about 1927, surrounded by trees. There is wording underneath which reads: 'The Cricket Pavillion, Saltaire' MERRIE ENGLAND BAZAAR. NOV-DEC 1927

2021.5: Swimmimg medal

Swimming medal inscribed 'Salt Girls High School Shipley' with Salt shield. Reverse side is inscribed 'School Sports - Junior 1932 - J. Cook swimming medal'

2024.144: Shipley Central School Hockey Team 1934

Black and white photocopy of postcard image of Shipley Central School Hockey Team 1934. Details on the back of the postcard showing Gladys Shuttleworth, Miss Fido & Mr Kitchen

2024.148: Salts Tennis Club centenary items

Items related to the history of Salts Tennis Club to celebrate its centenary year in 2023. Includes: 1. An article 'Salts Tennis Club to meet...centenary year' 2. A 14 page history of Salts Tennis Club 3. 1 page from the 'Heaton Review' about the Club 4. 8 page Tennis News 1923-1949 5. Tennis Club timeline by Colin Coates

2024.148.1: Saltaire Tennis Club to meet a very special milestone celebrating their centenary year

A brief, typewritten account of the history of the Salts Tennis Club in Saltaire to celebrate the centenary of its founding in 2023. The Club is situated on the edge of the village near to the RIver Aire. The land was purchased in 1922 by the owners of Salts Mill to provide recreational facilities for employees.

2024.148.2: Garden Craftsmen advert from the Heaton Review.

Article produced to celebrate the centenary year of Salts Tennis Club by Jim Dyer. An A4 photocopy of an advert from the Heaton Review advertising Conways Ltd, a landscape business from Halifax. The advert features a photograph of the Salts Tennis Club and includes a comment 'considered by experts to be one of the finest recreation grounds in Yorkshire'.

2024.148.3: Tennis News

Article produced to celebrate the centenary year of Salt's Tennis Club. A4 typeritten transcriptions of news articles from Shipley Times and Express relating to Salts Tennis Club from 1923-1959. 8 pages

2024.148.4: Salt Tennis Club history

Article produced to celebrate the centenary year of Salt's Tennis Club by Jim Dyer. A 14 page history of Salts Tennis Club with coloured photographs. Includes information on the burning down of the club in 1997 and flooding in 2015

2024.148.5: Newspaper reports for Saltaire Mills Tennis Club

A collection of cuttings from various newspapers relating to the Salts Tennis Club, orginally founded by the owners of Salts Mill for recreational purposes in 1923. The cuttings cover the period from the foundation of the club in 1923 up to 1959. See also 2024.148.3 which contains transcripts of some fo teh same articles.

2024.31.5: Roberts Park, home of Saltaire Cricket Club in 1916

Roberts Park, home of Saltaire Cricket Club in 1916 1 of a set of 12 photographs from the collections of the Saltaire Village Society and the Saltaire Traders' Association