Salt Family Era

Small book for the use of the council showing when meetings were to be held, the various wards of Bradford, street names, schools, parks, churches etc.

Handwritten account of Isabel Salt 'aged 13 3/4' of a trip starting in Saltaire, staying in London before travelling to Dover to cross the channel to France

The main site of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition held in 1887 in Saltaire.

During the 1880s there was an increased demand for school places in Saltaire

Toboggan run 1887

1887 exhibition site

5 gold embossed menus for dinner at Milner Field 5th May 1887, held during the visit of Princess Beatrice

Silk scarf printed with 'Royal Yorkshire Exhibition 'Saltaire 1887' surrounding the Salt Coat of Arms, multiple times

Souvenir tin of the Saltaire Exhibition in 1887

On the front: picture of Victoria Hall, surrounded by the words 'The Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition' with '1887' at the base

Portrait photograph of inside one of the exhibition buildings, the room is open to the ceiling with windows reminiscent of the top floor of Salts Mill

Harriet Byles's reminiscences of working at the Salt High School for Girls from the 1870s until retitement in 1920

Photograph of Milner Field house in about 1885 showing the south face

Original paper, handwritten document relating to the Salt family business

Company founded in Dayton, Tennessee, United States owned by the Salts company

An illustrated booklet about Bradford's horse and steam tramways

The Prince and Princess of Wales (the future Edward VII and his consort Alexandra) visited Saltaire in 1882

A new primary school on Albert Road in Saltaire was opened in 1878, its creation supported by husband and wife Titus Salt Junior and Catherine Salt

The Saltaire Conversazione was an annual social event that occurred between 1878 and 1964 (except for the years around the world wars)

A folded A4 leaflet outlining the itinerary of public events in November 1976 for commemorating 100 years since the death of Titus Salt.

Arthur James Hill was a director of Salts (Saltaire) Limited when it was floated on the stock exchange and became a public company in June 1923.

After Saltaire had been built, additional school places were required

The Sunday School was the last building constructed in Titus Salt’s lifetime, built on the corner of Caroline Street and Victoria Road

Son of Sir James Roberts