... drinking and socialising and possibly working against him. Or it could show that he just wanted his workers to be fit and healthy, and by having no pubs, they wouldn't have the opportunity to get drunk. Another useful piece of evidence are the rules for living in Saltaire. These go someway to support the theory of control. One of the rules is that no animals are allowed in the village, another consists of instructions when and how often to wash, and another states that gatherings in the street of more than eight people are forbidden. These rules are very strict, and mean that Salt has very strict control over the workers, and they were forbidden to do many things. The idea of not allowing gatherings of more than eight people was probably to stop any of the villagers plotting against Salt, and to keep order. But also in the documentary ...

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