Trade Secrets

[Mick Harper]

Never mind Cerebos, here's Saxo

https://www.saxo.com/dk/the-history-of- ... 1840468359

[TisILeclerc]

Product placement butters no parsons for me.

I don't know about Saxo but his sister Saxa Sal was a bit of a lass in her time.

But what about Saxa Vord?

RAF Saxa Vord was further north than Leningrad, and on the same latitude as Anchorage, Alaska. The station was named after Saxa Vord, which is the highest hill on Unst at 935 ft (285 m). It holds the unofficial British record for wind speed, which in 1992 was recorded at 197 mph (317 km/h) — just before the measuring equipment blew away.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Saxa_Vord

They must have been blown off course in the old days. But they now do whisky and gin.

http://www.shetlandreel.com/distillery

Very resourceful these Saxa salt traders.

[Mick Harper]

Since this Saxo site popped up on my Wiki Alert yesterday I couldn't resist. But three questions which are pertinent.
Is Saxo the male version of Saxa? And if so is it a personal name?
Why is a Danish book company calling itself Saxo? I thought they hated the bastards
Why did the Saxa Salt Company choose its name? We asked this question years ago at the very start of the 'Saxon = salt trader' issue and never got an answer. Your point about Cleveland origins sort of only deepens the matter. Why did ICI set up there rather than back in Cheshire where the salt came from?

[Bmblbzzz]

Why would a French car manufacturer name a car after either the Saxons or something which rusts cars?

Is Saskia a salty lass?

[Bmblbzzz]

Did Sexton Blake work for the church? Was he paid a salary?

[TisILeclerc]

Celery salt is very nice.

As for Billingham ICI it seems that it was a military project. Getting ready for the next war no doubt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billingha ... ring_Plant

My grandfather had gone through the first one and was still in the Territorials or whatever they called them. He was unemployed of course as was every other 'hero' who had returned from the front. His commanding officer marched them all down to the ICI, straight through the gates and got them all signed up without question.

No sign of Saxa Sal or Saxo. And although close to Cerebos no sign of him either.

[Boreades]

More from the Department Of Bleeding Obvious Long Distance Trade In Everything

Ancient Roman coins found under ruins of Japanese castle.

"Archaeologists were left baffled by the "strange" discovery of ancient Roman coins buried in the ruins of a castle in Japan.

The four copper coins were retrieved from soil beneath Katsuren Castle on Okinawa Island, and were originally thought to be a hoax before their true provenance was revealed.

The designs on the coins are difficult to decifer as they have been eroded over time, but x-ray analysis revealed several of the relics bore the image of Emperor Constantine I."

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/anc ... ailsignout

[Bmblbzzz]

What's interesting there is that it contradicts the idea of Japanese isolation and that the Roman coins were in "circulation" at least 900 years after being minted (Constantine died 337, Katsuren castle built 13th C.) That's assuming they were being used as payment/trade tokens rather than goods themselves.

[TisILeclerc]

It would appear that China was also not isolated. According to the latest research the Greeks may have been there showing the Chinese how to do large lifelike sculptures.

“We now have evidence that close contact existed between the first emperor’s China and the west before the formal opening of the Silk Road. This is far earlier than we formerly thought,” she said. “We now think the Terracotta Army, the acrobats and the bronze sculptures found on site, have been inspired by ancient Greek sculptures and art.”

Lukas Nickel, chair of Asian art history at Vienna University, and one of the team working on the history of the figures, said: “I imagine that a

https://www.theguardian.com/science/201 ... ncient-dna

[hvered]

There don't seem to be any other examples of 'Ancient Greece' in the area. Funny how the terracotta army was discovered so soon after the rapprochement between China and America in the 1970s.