Today I received a very nice package in the mail from Ben Harford an alpaca breeder back in the UK. He had just been to visit the famous Saltaire Mill in Yorkshire, England. Home of Sir Titus Salt and his amazing alpaca operations in the 1800's.

There are a dozen great black and white pictures in the package and I will no doubt share some of them with you via this Blog.

I heard a history professor once use the word "thin" to describe certain historical sites where the past feels much closer than in other places. Saltaire Mill is one such place.

You can read the full story of Sir Titus and his amazing adventures with alpaca fibre in the Winter 2005 edition of Alpaca Magazine.

Or click here to read the story on our web site: This link takes you to an abbreviated version from where you can link to the full version if you wish.




By Adrian Stewart