Andrew and Annelise are heritage consultants and specialise in historic salt making.
We have a track record of successful and projects with Winsford Town Council- Brunner Guild Hall; Age UK Oldham - George Street Chapel, Oldham, and the EU project Ecosal-Atlantis led by Bournemouth University.
From August, 2013 became founder directors of Ecosal-UK.
Previously at the Mary Rose Trust and the Lion Salt Works Trust.
Video by Andrew Fielding of Ailsa and John Booth singing the Nantwich, Ascension Day song, Blessing the Brine.
The song was set to the tune by Nigel Creasey and Terry Clarke, colleagues of Ecosal-UK's Tom Lane (archaeologist and folk singer).
Performed at the Bishop of Birkenhead's Salt Sunday celebration on 17th May, 2015 held at Reaseheath College, Nantwich.
Nantwich Museum will help to revive the song as an annual event in Nantwich in years to come.
We have been helping Nantwich Museum to find a tune for an old, mostly forgotten song Blessing the Brine. This was reputedly sung at Ascension Day at a holiday to bless the brine well in Nantwich.
The words are recorded in Egerton Leigh's book Cheshire Ballads and Tales published in 1867. The festival was recorded by Rev Joseph Partridge in 1774 and mentioned by Thomas Pennant in his Travels written in 1784.
Our colleague in Ecosal-UK, Tom Lane, is part of a folk group in Lincolnshire and with Nigel Creasey and Teri Clarke kindly arranged a traditional folk tune to the words.
Video of Blessing the Brine recorded by Nigel Creasey and Teri Clarke.
The song will be sung at the 2015 Salt Sunday event, designated by Bishop of Birkenhead, which will be held at Reaseheath College, Nantwich on Sunday 17 May, 2015, which this year is also Ascension Sunday the right day for the song.
