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Snippets from Saltaire’s history
There are many stories to tell of what’s gone on in Saltaire since it was founded over 170 years ago. We have brief histories and biographies that reveal some of the story of Saltaire. But here we have collected a few more detailed, sometimes more personal, snippets of Saltaire’s history.
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.
Meet me Gwen on Shipley Glen
Read about a song from the early twentieth century where a young man arranges to meet his sweetheart on Shipley Glen
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… Read More »Before and after Sir Titus Salt’s funeral
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
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
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)
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.