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News items and stories about the lives and activities of the inhabitants, workers and others related to the history of Saltaire and Salts Mill

2018.36.15: Statue of Sir Titus Salt

Before and after Sir Titus Salt’s funeral

Sir Titus Salt died 150 years ago this year. Read about some of the civic and public acclaim for Sir Titus in his later life and after his death.

H1-018a: Sir Titus Salt

Sir Titus Salt’s funeral

Sir Titus Salt died 150 years ago this year. Discover how his death was marked by a huge public funeral

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

Photographs of Lady Mabel Webster and her husband Sir Augustus. Sunday Pictorial 17 June 1917

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)

Side view of Salts Mill

May Rhodes (1921-2024)

The Saltaire Collection are sad to hear about the death of May Rhodes (1921-2024). May donated a detailed biography of her life including time in Saltaire.