The Story of three of the Ricciardo sisters – life in Italy
Dora Ricciardo was born on the 22 August 1929, in a village called Avezzano about one and a half miles…
Dora Ricciardo was born on the 22 August 1929, in a village called Avezzano about one and a half miles…
Mohammed Bashir travelled from Mirpur, Pakistan in the 1950s to work in the textile mills of Bradford. His story starts…
Mohammed Bashir was born in 1925 in a small village called Tangdew in Mirpur, now an area of Pakistan. His…
The Ostrer Brothers Isidore and Maurice were the main shareholders of the major textile company Illingworth, Morris for many years.…
Theresa Schistal came to Saltaire from Austria shortly after the Second World War. The first part of her story is…
Theresa was born in a small village called Mattersberg, just outside Vienna, Austria on the fifth of January 1931 and…
‘Belwarp’ became a Salts textile company trademark. ‘The Belwarp’ was the trademark of a company in Argentina and was to…
Feliks Czenkusz escaped Poland at the start of the Second World War, and embarked on an extraordinary journey which finally…
Feliks Czenkusz was born on June 4 1920 in a village called Lakorz, in Poland, just 2 kilometers from the…
There is a strong historical business connection between Saltaire and Dayton, Tennessee which you can read about in a separate…