Fetch Saltaires Buildings: The Hidden History Depicted By Maggie Smith Publication

book explores the range of significant events that took place in some of the most important public buildings conceived and established by Sir Titus Salt and his fifth son, Titus Salt Junior, as part of his vision for the industrial community of Saltaire.
From as early asSalt had ensured that public space was available to the new and growing community of Saltaire through the building of a Dining Hall, opposite the Mill.
Conceived as a building to provide cheap meals for the workforce, its extensive space was also to initially house a "factory school," a library, a reading room, be the venue for topical or political meetings, entertainment, and much more.
Betweenandthe building of residential houses in Saltaire was accompanied by the erection of some important public buildings on either side of what was named Victoria Road.
These public buildings were intended to provide for childrens education, suitable adult leisure and selfimprovement pursuits, health care, and the teaching of art and science,

The Technical Institute, Exhibition Building, and the Infirmary/Hospitalin common with the Dining Hallall witnessed events over time that reflected significant political, economic and social upheaval and change.
The events that took place within these prominent buildingsstill standing todayand the times that forged them provide a rich tapestry of social history from the Victorian era to modern times.
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