Chaddesley Corbett Local History Society   Wednesday October 16th - 7.30pm  Anthony Poulton-Smith The Salt Routes   The Talk: As mankind gave up the nomadic hunter gatherer life and became farmers, they were largely self-sufficient. However, one vital commodity was available only in a few isolated areas - salt. Early settlements needed salt to preserve meat and as a vital part of the diet of every animal. Thus, trade routes were born, a network of tracks filtering across the land […]