The Japanese, and Chinese, connection
The Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition was held in Saltaire in 1887. The Exhibition was held not only to celebrate Queen…
The Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition was held in Saltaire in 1887. The Exhibition was held not only to celebrate Queen…
Two Dutch Students - Ajay Baldewsing and Thomas Koopman (aged 15/16 years) contacted Saltaire Village Info and were passed on…
Donald Hanson recalled that as a Director of Illingworth, Morris, who had their headquarters at Salts Mill, the group had…
The Ricciardo sisters came from Italy after the Second World War to work in the Bradford area. Their story starts…
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…