Saltaire was founded over 170 years ago, and there are many stories to be told of what’s gone on in the village since then.
We have brief histories and biographies that tell some of the story of Saltaire. But here we have collected a few more detailed, sometimes more personal. snippets of Saltaire’s history.
Read how the Boer war led to the creation of a school dental clinic in Saltaire, with conflicts of its own!
Find out how a Christmas celebration featuring a bottle of rum nearly got a matron dismissed
Hear about a young librarian’s experiences of working in the library based in Victoria Hall in the 1970s
View our histories of Saltaire, travel through our timelines, and read the stories of some of the people who built, worked in, lived in, and saved Saltaire
Read the Collection’s fascinating personal accounts of working, living, learning, playing, and migrating to start a new life in Saltaire
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Travel the timeline of the Sir Titus Salt Hospital to discover some of the people providing health care in Saltaire, and some of the gruesome details of their work.