Sentinel, October 2014
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Number 141 October 2014 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ COUNCIL TREE TALK PETITION AWAITS RESPONSE Vanessa Pilny of me the results of the test In this issue The Paper Saltaire Village Society digs that were performed WOMEN AT of the (SVS) Writes: a couple of months ago WAR WITHOUT A council committee but have not received FIGHTING meeting to discuss the them yet. The public can Plus People of trees (and other works) attend the meeting and ALL OUR USUAL on Victoria Road will given that hundreds of UNUSUALS Saltaire be held on Wednesday people signed the petition October 8 th at 5.30pm I am hoping that as many TRAMWAY FRESH in Committee Room 1, as possible will be able to City Hall. go and support it. EVENING PRODUCE This is in response to the Our next SVS meeting Shipley Glen Tramway petition that asked the will be at 7.30pm on The Local Produce present an Evening of Market, which is held council to look again at Tuesday October 7th at Musical Entertainment their initial decision to Knox-McConnell on the second Saturday at Victoria Hall on of every month (10am- th remove all the trees and Architects, 24 Victoria Friday, October 24 not plant any re- Road, Saltaire. 3pm) in the car park on 7.30pm Exhibition Road, con- at , featuring the placements. The lead All are welcome, but Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe petitioner has delegated please let us know if you tinues to grow with even more new traders Organ played by David the role of spokesman to want to come as space is Lowe , g uest baritone me and I will have five limited. joining the nineteen already established. singer David Bainbridge minutes to speak. I have See Page 4 for SVS and The Glen Singers . asked the council to give contact details. Richard Green sells organic vegetables and Tickets are £7/£6 with all proceeds going to the plants, Rachel Coats a Tramway. Contact WORLD WAR ONE wide selection of dairy Dina Plowes on 07905 products, and Richard 000545 or Richard CONCERT PARTY Englefield sweet and Freeman 07773 001250 savoury pancakes See Page 3 >>> WHATEVER IT IS - SAY IT IN THE Sentinel ! [email protected] OR c/o The Saltaire Bookshop, 1 Myrtle Place The Deadline is always 20 th of the month prior to publication. 2 Stories from WOMEN AND PACIFICITS Colin Coates tells us: In our research so far we have no women from World War One Saltaire who were killed in action or indeed who served in the forces By Colin Coates during WW1. However, women played their part and I have already Mary Isabel Salt – published three stories about them, which can be found in the Sentinel s for “Pacifist and Proud Of It” March, April and May this year. In addition, a weekly diary, published Not everyone was in favour of online at http://www.saltairevillage.info/WW1_Saltaire_Diary_0001.html the war, many were pacifists and will show their importance. Information on conscientious objectors is hard a few were not afraid to air their to find, but my research is ongoing. Meanwhile, see right >>> ______________________________________________________________________ views. A granddaughter of Titus Salt was as she declared publicly CHASING THE SIXPENCE “A Pacifist and Proud of it.” Roger Clarke reviews Rachel Bellerby’s new book Mary Isabel Salt, born on Salts Walks thrives on repeat bookings, and so it was with great September 6 th 1876, was the pleasure that we recently rejoined Titus Salt School to talk with more of youngest of four children, and the their students about the process of dyeing in Salts Mill. The content and only daughter of Titus Salt Junior direction of our presentation owes much to the questions asked by and Catherine Crossley. students and our interaction with them. So it was that we found Following her fathers’ death in ourselves focusing on the olfactory impacts of life in Victorian England 1887 she lived with her widowed and life today. With the scene already set by talking about how smelly mother firstly at Milner Field, life in Bradford was, and about the use of stale urine as a mordent to fix then at Denton Park in Ben the colour in the cloth, Maria Glot remembered that the dyeing process Rhydding. Throughout the war using aniline dyes was just as smelly as that using natural dyes. Her years they were living in source was a delightful book, which I thought that Sentinel readers might Harrogate. like to share with us. It is called “Chasing the Sixpence” , subtitled Brought up as a Liberal, Isabel “The Lives of Bradford Mill Folk”, by Rachel Bellerby and published was a popular public speaker by Fort Publishing Ltd in 2005. The sixpence involved relates to the throughout the war years, practice of workers changing jobs to seek better wages. sometimes speaking twice on the The book looks at life in Bradford textile mills between the 1920s and same day. She was a suffragette, the 1970s as seen through the eyes of 61 respondents to Rachel’s and spoke on numerous occasions advertisement in the local press. Because it is in the everyday language at Victoria Hall, Saltaire. Isabel of ordinary folk it makes for compelling reading, and Rachel has became disillusioned with the skilfully organised it into sections which consider both work and home Liberals and she joined the life, as well as the changing fortunes of the textile industry over this emerging Labour Party. In one period. It is down to earth, humorous and very easy to read. The short speech she is quoted as saying: section on dyeing talks about the dense steam in which the dyers had to “The great hope for the future lay work, the practical jokes played by the workers on each other and on with the Labour Party.” visitors, and the noxious chemical smells which marked out dyers from In the run up to the 1918 General the rest of the workforce: Election she spoke at election “You’d see them walking home and they’d always stand out by the smell. meetings in support of Tom It was a real strong chemical smell. It must have stuck to their overalls. Snowden, the Labour Party Their hands would be dark coloured with the different dyes and I bet candidate for Shipley. they never got the dyes out of their nails. They tended to stick together, I Isabel never married and she died suppose because it was quite specialised work and people were always on May 21 st , 1968 in Chichester, complaining about the smell if they sat near to them on breaks. I mean, aged ninety-one. what were the poor chaps supposed to do?” The book is not only about Saltaire, but the experience of mill life was To help with local similar throughout Bradford and district, and Salts Mill was not commemorations of World significantly different from anywhere else. I guarantee that it will War One, please contact either resonate with Sentinel readers who worked in the Mill, and appeal to Colin Coates or Dave Shaw: those who want some real understanding of what life was like in this [email protected] mid 50 years of the last century. or mobile 07736408339 PETER CONCERT PARTY The SPA A First World War Concert Party, billed as 21 Titus Street RANDALL “Performed by talented local people”, will make two appearances in the village before hurrying The Authentic Gentleman’s over the hill to provide the grand finale to the Village corner shop Hairdresser Ilkley Literature Festival Fringe. Open Mon-Sat 8am-10pm 205 Bingley Road The show has been devised and will be directed by Saltaire’s own singer-songwriter, poet and Sun. 10am-10pm 01274 – 597140 impresario Eddie Lawler , who tells us that as well 01274 – 826534 _________________________ as famous verses from the time, “The performance _________________________ VICTORIA will feature songs to join in, most of which are well- SALTAIRE TEAROOMS known, but the audience will be treated to some re- discovered gems from the early 20th century, BOOKSHOP 8 Victoria Road including Meet Me Gwen On Shipley Glen , which Open Daily 1 Myrtle Place will be sung for the first time in over 100 years” Tuesday- Saturday Coffee, tea, cakes, scones, [although attentive Sentinel readers will recall it from snacks and novelty gifts 10am - 5pm our April 2014 issue. ] New/Second-hand books 01274 - 823092 The Concert Party can be seen (or, rather, joined) at 01274 – 589144 _________________________ th Caroline Social Club on Friday, October 17 at CAROLINE 7.30pm and Saturday, 18 th at 2pm. The price of VICARS admission is £7, but please note the promised Café Bistro SOCIAL CLUB concession of £5 for “seniors, juniors and those in Caroline Street, always appropriate costume”. 79 Victoria Road has a welcome for all. Tickets are on sale at the Club and can be reserved “Pop in and see us!” Regular Events by e-mail to [email protected] 01274 – 597818 01274 – 585140 _____________________________________________________ _________________________ VICTORIA HALL NEWS ADVERTISING SALTS All the establishments Moira Fuller, Venue Manager at Victoria Hall, promoted here serve as reminds us that the beautiful Grade II Listed outlets for this paper. MILL building, which opened in 1871 as a ‘centre for Advertising space is Opened in 1853 recreation, culture and learning’ [and since 2003 has NOT for sale . and still been a popular outlet for the Sentinel ] has five The Saltaire Sentinel Open Every Day “stunning” rooms available for hire for weddings, can also be found at conferences, classes and other events. Part of the Attractions include : VICTORIA HALL recent rebranding is an upgraded website which Saltaire SALT’S DINER gives further information and access to a monthly e- UNITED newsletter: www.victoriahallsaltaire.co.uk Cafe in to 01274 327305 REFORMED the Opera ________________________________ _____________________ CHURCH Saltaire SALTAIRE REPORTERS REQUIRED The Sentinel is always in need of people willing to POST OFFICE HISTORY report on local events, conduct interviews and/or Saltaire EXHIBITION generally have a ‘finger on the pulse’ of public MEDICAL 1853 Gallery opinion.