ITV Countrywise

Suddenly out of nowhere a piece filmed at Lion Salt Works a couple of years ago was broadcast on ITV in a programme called Countrywise, on Monday 5th July. There is a link to the ITV iplayer where the programme will be viewable for a while.

http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=155386


It shows Andrew making salt in a ceramic salt pan over a peat fire (also used by the BBC in an early BBC2 programme 'Coast') and two replica Roman salt pans over a wood fire.

Salt Making for BBC 1 - The One Show

Got a call last week to make some salt over a wood fire in a replica Roman lead salt pan for the BBC programme 'The One Show'. They were following up on the bad winter weather when all media focus was on rock salt supplies.

The producer was going to go down the Winsford Rock Salt Mine, run by The Salt Union - Compass and Minerals and wanted to talk about the origins of salt making in Cheshire - hence the Roman salt making piece.

The filming took place at the Lion Salt Works, where they also looked at the large Victorian salt pans awaiting restoration. sadly, as is the way with television they didn't have time to complete the story by visiting either of the vacuum salt works or the controlled brine fields where modern day brine is sourced.

The piece should be shown on 20th July 2010.

Andrew with presenter Angellica Bell.