Look at Life: A Pinch of Salt

Early views of Northwich town centre and Winsford salt mine. Very interesting. Particularly if you live, or have lived in Northwich or Cheshire, or have worked in the salt mine. I had the good luck to be taken into the mine a few years ago and was amazed by the clean air and vast ceilings of salt.

I believe that there were dinner parties down there at one time, with chandeliers!

This short documentary film is from the series Look at Life, which I think we're shown in cinemas during the fifties and sixties. I vaguely remember seeing them. They covered various aspects of life at that time. How we coped with snowfall, transport issues, medical advances, etc. They are a window into the past and a less frenetic time. A time when people expected less and (arguably) gave more.