Saltaire features on Channel Fives ‘Our Great Yorkshire Life’ this evening at 8.00pm Thursday 6th January 2022, Titus Salt would be pleased.
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Alpacas abound on Day 23 of the Saltaire Living Advent Calendar. The beast that made a fortune for Titus Salt dominates the window at 31 Helen St, home to William Tiffany in 1869, in charge of the entries for “Horses Leaping the Hurdles” and “Donkey Show” at the Floral and Horticultural Show.
Alpacas roaming at 2 Dove Street today, just as they did at Titus Salt’s Crow Nest Mansion, grazing in the grounds. When Queen Victoria wore an alpaca gown she started a fashion that filled the coffers for Titus Salt. Celebrity endorsement! Merry Christmas!
Day 22 of the Saltaire Living Advent Calendar. In 1894 Catherine, Titus Salt Junior’s widow, chaired a meeting of the Salt Schools Bazaar Project and then took tea provided by Mrs Greaves, Confectioner of 21 Titus Street. Home to Keith Parker 65 years later, fined £3 for speeding along Bradford Road on his motorbike.
Another window at c18 George Street, where declared bankrupt Alfred Haigh, a fish and chip potato dealer, lived in 1927. The home of James Allen fed up to the back teeth with his wife’s reckless spending, he declared publicly in 1952 that he would not pay her debts.
Day 21 of the Saltaire Living Advent Calendar at 22 Constance Street, home to Jabez Fieldhouse, one of seven children. In 1877 he was taken to Bradford Court by Esther Illingworth, who was awarded 4 shillings a week maintenance for his illegitimate child. Seven years later Jabez and Esther married in Bradford Cathedral. They had eleven children and are buried together in Nab Wood.
At 9 Edward Street there’s another Saltaire cat making mischief no doubt as it prowls around the village, unlike the respectable families of millworkers at No9 - from 1861 the Hawks, Hydes, Parkers and Stirks.
Day 20 of the Saltaire Living Advent Calendar with a Scandanavian Happy Christmas at 8 Mary Street. Home to Mary Rushworth 14, a spinner, in 1884, Mary had enjoyed a walk with friends, when heading home she fell flat on her face near the park gates. Dr Rutherford the Shipley GP pronounced that “life was extinct” and Mary was carried home to her parents.
44 Ada Street has a window in a house of miracles. It was December 1939, just over a week before Christmas, when’s Maria Atkinson ran from No 44 to a neighbour’s where ten-year-old Doreen Hardy was on fire. Maria threw a coat over her and ran to the Infirmary. The shock was too much. Doreen’s little brother and the baby survived.
Enjoy reading the little tales. Some gorgeous windows too. Thank you everyone xx❤
I love all the little stories, even though they're often so tragic, thank you 🙂
Saltaire featured on the first episode of new Channel 5 TV documentary on 6th January 2022. Expert historian and tour guide Maria showed Bradford journalist and presenter Christa Ackroyd around the village describing what it was like to there and work at Salts Mill. You can catch up here, the Saltaire feature begins at 14:47 …[Click Here To Read More]
Part 2 of our video tour of Saltaire Why did Saltaire come about? Why move into and out of Bradford? Historian Maria Glot explains with the help of special guest Mrs Ellin Dooley who worked for Titus Salt. Part 2 : Titus Salt Factory Owner Moves From Bradford To Saltaire < Video Tour Part 1
Part one of our video tour of Saltaire. Titus Salt founded the mill and model village at Saltaire, now a world heritage site. Titus is often considered a great entrepreneur but did luck have a part to play? Historian Maria Glot delves into how it all started in part 1 of this series of short …[Click Here To Read More]
Not able to visit Saltaire? Be sure to check out our series of short videos, to be informed and entertained until visits resume to Saltaire World Heritage Site. Beginning with this trailer. Tap into a taster of things to come. Video Tour Part 1 >
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Click to watch the 3 minute highlights – Saltaire again features on TV – This time in the first episode of a brand new series, Britain By Barge – Then & Now, Bill Oddie and Pete Waterman embark on an epic journey on the Leeds Liverpool Canal through Saltaire where they encounter our very own …[Click Here To Read More]
Lost memorial found and rescued. Titus had a black Labrador, Puck, of whom he was very fond. Puck lived at Crow Nest mansion, Lightcliffe, where he enjoyed family life with the Salts and the run of the extensive grounds.Beloved by Titus, Puck died on 27 September 1876 just three months before his master. As a …[Click Here To Read More]
This Channel 4 programme featuring Saltaire, located on the Leeds Liverpool canal is expected to be broadcast this autumn (2016). UPDATE – Bit earlier than we expected – it was broadcast 31st August 2016 on Channel 4. Link at the bottom of the page. In May Saltaire tour guide and historian Maria Glot was delighted …[Click Here To Read More]
Some of the barges and the boat people that navigated the Leeds Liverpool canal during the time of Titus Salt. 1861 Name of Boat 1. Hoboara – The Industry Of Shipley….. Occupants: Joseph Illingworth, married aged 34 years – master of canal barge, born in Holbeck, Leeds Thomas Mason, unmarried aged 35 – mate on canal barge, …[Click Here To Read More]
Saltaire’s favourite historian, Clive Woods, and Maria Glot guided for the first time as “Salts Walks” on 10 April 1996 from Anne and Roger Heald’s Saltaire Gift & Visitor Centre on Victoria Road. This inspired venture later became Saltaire’s first networked tourist information centre and ran until 2006. That first guided walk on that Sunday …[Click Here To Read More]
