Buy a Copy of New Book about John Henry Cooke

Our latest book. A memoir by John Henry Cooke, the first clerk to Winsford Local Board and solicitor for the promotion of the Brine Compensation Act. With additional notes and explanations by us. The book is a transcript of John Henry Cooke's own memoirs written by him in his own copy of the book he wrote describing how Cheshire celebrated Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Includes his enduring sadness following the death of two of his sons in the Great War. Two of his books were submitted to the royal family, both are still in the royal collection, with one being at kept at Sandringham.

JH Cooke 1848 - 1928 by Andrew P Fielding, Annelise M Fielding | Make Your Own Book

Winsford Salt Fair Regatta 2014

The 2014 Winsford Salt Fair commemorates WWl with a parade of narrowboats dressed overall.
Winsford is the highest navigable section of the River Weaver Navigation. The narrowboats travelled down from the Trent and Mersey Canal via the Anderton Boat Lift. Now all pleasure craft narrowboats and larger barges, Weaver Flats, used to carry coal to the numerous Winsford salt works and take white salt away for distribution.

At the upper limits a large flash was formed where
subsidences were formed through wild brine pumping. 

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country - 21 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, Compass and Minerals.