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The Saltaire Collection is closed to visitors until October 2026. We are suspending taking donations until October also.
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A ‘rum’ question
Find out how a Christmas celebration featuring a bottle of rum nearly got a matron dismissed
Sarah Anne Walker: visionary educator
Sarah Walker was born in Shipley, educated in Saltaire. She became a leading proponent and practitioner of the training of women teachers and elementary education.
Ethel Magill: pioneering radiologist
Read about Dr. Ethel May Magill who studied at Salt High School and went to be a pioneering British physician, radiologist, and author
Salt and Roberts families visit Saltaire
At the end of July the Saltaire Collection and Shipley College welcomed three generations of the Salt family and two of the Roberts family to Saltaire
Farthing Pond tragedy
Read about the tragic drowning of Mabel Webster, daughter of Halifax carpet magnate Henry Crossley and niece of Catherine Salt (née Crossley)
Bradford Heritage Festival 11-13 July
Find out about the first Bradford Heritage Festival. Events all across Bradford and district 11 to 13 July.
Free guided tour of Saltaire
Signup for a free history-themed tour of the World Heritage village of Saltaire on Saturday 12 July.
Edith Dolby
Read how a progressive education at Salts Girls High school allowed Edith Dolby to study mathematics at Cambridge and become a renowned head teacher
The School Dental Clinic
Read how the Boer war led to the creation of a school dental clinic in Saltaire, but not without a fight!
Dentist H Alvin Mahoney fixes Saltaire’s teeth
Read about the dentist H Alvin Mahoney, appointed in 1912 as Saltaire’s dental surgeon and head of the new children’s dental clinic.
Master of dental surgery: Albert Ernest Ellison
Find out about Albert Ernest Ellison, school dentist in Saltaire and co-inventor of ‘Nerve Destroyer’, an instant cure for toothache.