Welcome to the Autumn edition of your newsletter.
It’s packed full of information and articles sent in
by HMG members and we complete the excellent Alton
Town Trail, begun in the last issue, with a
comprehensive map, legend and mill histories.
Andrew Rutter has become a regular contributor and
here he tells us of a National Trust Mill in
Cheshire; Patricia Parr, way over in Kent, sent an
interesting article about Abbot’s Mill in
Canterbury, along with a very complimentary letter.
Peter Mobbs unearthed a fascinating article about
butter being churned by water power (I would love to
learn more about this use of a waterwheel – please
write in and tell me what you know). John Silman
and Bob Goodwin supplied the information below.
Thank you all. Keep ‘em coming!
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Bob
Goodwin, long
time miller at City Mill, Winchester and now also involved with milling at the
Town
Mill, Lyme Regis, Dorset,
wrote on 5th
July, in response to an enquiry from me:
I’ve been in Winchester City Mill for 5 days in the last week including 2 school
visits and Saturday and Sunday milling. Dorset brings an occasional rest!
Winchester remains good fun and very rewarding with visitor numbers and flour
sales up again this year. We will probably mill 15 tonnes this year compared
with 10 tonnes in 2010.
A busy man – and busy
mills indeed. I wonder if Bob knows the old saying in our Autumn Brainteasers!
It’s very good to know that City Mill is doing so well, both in terms of the
amount of milling (and obviously successful flour sales) but in showing the
general public the art of the machinery and skills of the millers. Look up the
events programme on
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/winchestercitymill
.
Check out these websites before traversing Dorset to visit the Lyme
Regis mill:
www.townmill.org.uk/;
http://www.teaanddiningroom.com/
www.townmillbakery.com.
