Saturday, 23 August 2014

Salt Heritage Open Days 2014 - Northwich, Nantwich, Middlewich, Winsford

Follow the link Middlewich Salt Heritage 2014 for the events programme in Winsford and Middlewich for September and October Salt Fair and World War 1 Events.
A Salt Trail walk is planned by Nantwich Museum on Sat 13 Sept.
The Lion Salt Works and Butterfly Garden will be open on Sat 13 September

Sunday, 17 August 2014

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country

BBC Radio 4 programme Open Country talks about Cheshire Salt on Thursday 21 August 2014 at 15.00
repeated Saturday 23 August at 6.05am.
Felicity Evans taks to Andrew Fielding, Ecosal-UK; Kerry Fletcher, Midlewich Town Council Heritage Office; Chris Hewitson, Cheshire West and Chester, Lion Salt Works and goes below ground to the Winsford Rock Salt Mine, Compas and Minerals.

Sel-athlon -23 August 2014 - L'Ecomusee du Marais Salant


Thursday, 7 August 2014

Salt making Demonstrations at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire 10 Aug 2014

We shall be demonstrating our replica Ingoldmells ceramic salt pans at the Saltfleet Gala Day on Sunday 10 August.
We will be part of the Lincolnshire Coastal Grazing Marshes Project and Heritage Lincolnshire displays.


Video made on the day - which was sadly washed out by the back end of Huricane Bertha.
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Thursday, 17 July 2014

Contribution to BBC Radio 4 Programme 'Open Country'

Andrew Fielding contributed to a BBC Radio 4 programme about the heritage of salt making in Cheshire for the BBC Radio 4 programme Open Country.
Also contributing were Kerry Fletcher of Heritage Officer at Middlewich Town Council and Chris Hewitson from the Lion Salt Works. Mark Smalley and Felicity Evans followed up the visits to Ashton's and Neumann's Flashes, Lion Salt Works and the Anderton Lift (making the link between the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal) by going underground at the Winsford rock salt mine operated as a Compass and Minerals company.



Ashton's Flash
Neumann's Flash

Andrew Fielding - Ecosal-UK  with
Mark Smalley and Felicity Evans from BBC Radio 4's  Open Country

Sunday, 11 May 2014

Salt Sunday - May 2014

The Bishop of Birkenhead again led a celebration of salt and chemicals in Cheshire at his annual Salt Sunday today.
Bishop of Birkenhead with Kerry Fletcher, Middlewich Heritage
and Sifta Sam.