Now online: Working women of Saltaire
New online exhibition ‘The Working women of Saltaire’ now available
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Health and welfare
Read items from our blog about issues of health and welfare in Saltaire.
Health and welfare of workers at Salts Mill and the residents of Saltaire were always a priority for Sir Titus Salt and later owners. Saltaire got its own hospital in 1868 and alms houses were provided for ‘deserving’ retired residents. And there’s lots more to be told…
Laura Hunter: Pest expert
Are moths eating your jumpers? Are flies and wasps invading your kitchen? Why not turn to Laura Hunter, scientist, educator and author for advice?
Every British hen should be on active service
Explore the history of the national egg donation scheme and its significance in supporting wounded soldiers during World War 1.
A ‘rum’ question
Find out how a Christmas celebration featuring a bottle of rum nearly got a matron dismissed
Drawing of Electrical current flows in the four-cell bath from: Galvanism and Faradism by E M Magill
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
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.