Saltaire celebrated its UNESCO World Heritage status in style for this year’s World Heritage Day with a special sun-downer event.
Roberts Park was the beautiful setting for this great event on Easter Saturday, on the…
World Connections Exhibition finishes
We hope you have enjoyed this on line exhibition, I am the Archivist at Saltaire…
Acorns in a tin
Acorns in a tin?? Yes, we have some rather odd items in the Archive! These…
The Place Name Saltaire in USA and Australia
There are other places named Saltaire, or have similar place names, in the USA and…
The Japanese, and Chinese, connection
The Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition was held in Saltaire in 1887. The Exhibition was held…
Netherlands – Saltaire’s story has fans around the world
Two Dutch Students - Ajay Baldewsing and Thomas Koopman (aged 15/16 years) contacted Saltaire Village…
Japanese connections in the 1970s
Donald Hanson recalled that as a Director of Illingworth, Morris, who had their headquarters at…
The Story of three of the Ricciardo sisters – working in Saltaire
The Ricciardo sisters came from Italy after the Second World War to work in the…
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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…