i remember as a kid i use to be afraid to go down there my grandmother would tell me and my cousins not to go down there. i left tb very very young as i got older i heard it was more like lovers lane how true is this.

Where in TB is this and why was it given this name? Why did grandmother tell you not to go there? Was it infested with duppy?

curious why it was given that name,thats a good question maybe some of the elders could answer that for us.where it is,right by the treasure beach hotel.why grandma would tell me not to go down there maybe my eyes would be blinded by what i might see.

When you boil sea water in the correct vessel, sea salt in left behind. Thus?: Salt Boiler Lane.

It may be done slower by solar evaporation. This was done in the Cayman Islands and elsewhere I'm told.

A copper or iron vessel would rust. Maybe they used pottery vessels? Yabbaware can take fire if water is in them.

Salt for local use or export? Salt for salt curing fish? I am still waiting for a sample of the salt fish from the Pedro Keys.

Bowl or any other Dinosaurs remember anything like this?

Turey is this just an explanation of what salt broiler/broiling means or was this practice actually carried out in this lane,thus the name Salt Broiler Lane.....or maybe it was so called because of the actions that "good to go" thinks would actually blind the eyes?

I was guessing at an explanation Curious Too. I was hoping one of the older local heads may know.

We take salt for granted now. Long ago it was traded for gold (Salarium=Latin for salt as a soldiers wages were sometimes paid in salt). The making of sea salt may have been a profitable business in TB. It may still be nowadays. Check the price of sea salt in a Health Food Store.

I would not want pickney faasing around if I had vessels of boiling sea water. I would let them know that the hot concenrated brine could burn skin and blind eyes.

One of the methods for making emergency water is the use of a solar still. Glass, wood and a sheet stainless steel.

Sea salt would be a by product of the evaporation of the sea water by the suns heat drawing off fresh water which then condenses and is collected. One never knows when such obscure designs may be needed.

Here is an old treasure on salt production:

http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/lecontej/leconte.html

Maybe I'm totally wrong. Maybe there was an Old Salt that got boiling mad when he was on land. I've known some.

Imagination improves brain function. As long as one knows the difference between imagination and the rest.

AS Turey Said above that is the local story (history) that those of old used to produce
salt by boiling out the water and leave the salt.
I once witness the Great Pond after along drought
went dry and there were layers of salt lying on the surface.
Turey I have a cousin who fish on the Pedro Cays that promise me some "corn fish".
There is a variety of fish such as the hard bone jack that don't go down well on the fresh fish market but makes very good salt fish.

Turey, salt boiler "activities" could have been just why granny didn't want di pickney fi go dung di lane. If you ever heard the joke about what the blind man said as he passed the fish market, you'd get the drift. Hint: it was a salutation!

Sentry I do not get you drift.How does blind man and fish market play a part in this story? Please lighten my darkness.

Never heard that one Sentry, but my nose gets the hint. If I get you right, is not salt dem man was a boil.

Thanks for that info Bowl, I hope your cousin gets you a sample of the corn fish when I'm there.

Sorry Ruel, I'm certain TBNet will not allow me to elucidate any further; it's too salty. Turey seems to get it.