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• 2024.16: Kelly's Directory of Bradford and Suburbs 1903

  A geographical, residential and business directory of Bradford and its suburbs from 1903. Contents are listed as: 1. Bradford topographical 2. Townships added to the city, topographical 3. Suburbs, topographical 4. List of streets 5. Street directory 6. Private residences directory 7. Alphabetical directory 8. Trades and professional directory 9. Official directory The suburbs information includes Shipley (including Shipley), with a description of the Urban District Council, public establishments and schools.
• C2a-110: Berry family and their shop

  Board of 5 photographs of the Berry family & their grocer's shop at 7, Victoria Road, Saltaire
• C2a-115: Berry's shop

  Photocopied photograph of Berry's shop at 7, Victoria Road
• C2a-123: 7 Victoria Road

  Photocopied pages from 'Penny For Going' by Roger Clarke on 7 Victoria Road
• F1a-119: Souvenir brochure for the R.M.S. Orsova

  Souvenir brochure for the R.M.S. Orsova sailing to Australia in 1911. Norman Rae was aboard. Rae did his apprenticeship in the woollen trade and went into partnership with William Pickles as Pickles and Rae, woolcombers in Laisterdyke. Rae was a good business man the firm flourished and opened offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane. He even bought some land in Australia and called it Greenhill Farm. Due to this Norman Rae and his wife travelled in Australia regularly.
• H2-006: Roberts investment records

  Booklet: Sir James Roberts' Investments and financial records
• H2-146: Roberts Newspaper Director

  Photograph of Sir James Roberts as Director of Sheffield Indpendent Press (Sheffield Daily Independent)