Topic: St Mary Cray Paper Mill | UK Paper Mills On-line History Project

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4th August 2016 at 16:42 #312

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Mill	St Mary Cray Paper Mill
Also known as	Vegetable Parchment Mills; Joynson’s Mill
Address	St Mary Cray, Kent,
Companies	Joynson; Wiggins Teape
English Mill Excise No	327
Status	Shut during 1960 to 1970
Est. Papermaking Start Date	1757
Date Closed	1967
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Link1	http://www.rippington.me.uk/multimedia/St.%20Mary%20Cray%20Paper%20Mill,%20Kent.pdf
Link2	http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barrowsr/Stories/JoynsosnPaperMill/Paper%20making%20by%20Joynsons%20in%20St%20Mary%20Cray%20-%20email%20from%20Charles%20Joynson.htm

2nd December 2024 at 13:39 #1618

Rob Clarke

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I worked at the Vegetable Parchment Mills (VPM) for a short time (2 years), until its closure in 1967. As I was probably the youngest employee at the time and, to my knowledge, there are very few surviving employees remaining, I thought I should commit a few facts and memories to (electronic) paper !

I have included as many of the relevant details as I can remember together with some original photographs and schematics.

There is however a problem – the file with images is considerably grater than 700kb. Is there another address I can use to upload the file?

Many thanks, Rob Clarke

3rd December 2024 at 17:39 #1619

Chris Bennett

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Hi Rob

Thank you for writing up your memories. It is exactly what we are looking for.

I’m sorry you are caught by the file size restriction. I’m not the webmaster but I’ll contact him over the next few days to see if there’s a way around it, perhaps a temporary lifting of the restriction.

I’m away at present but will follow-up Thursday.

Best wishes

4th December 2024 at 21:10 #1622

Rob Clarke

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St. Mary Cray Mill / Joynsons / Delcroix / WT – Vegetable Parchment Mills (VPM)

A brief history of so much more than just “Food Grades” !

Rob Clarke

Attachments:

The-Vegetable-Parchment-Mills.pdf

6th December 2024 at 12:04 #1624

Chris Bennett

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Many thanks Rob for an excellent article, with so much information that is not available elsewhere.

6th December 2024 at 21:41 #1625

Chris Bennett

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A detailed history of the mill:

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~barrowsr/genealogy/Stories/JoynsosnPaperMill/Paper_making_by_Joynsons_in_St_Mary_Cray_-_email_from_Charles_Joynson.htm

Short history with 1965 picture:

https://ideal-homes.gre.ac.uk/bromley/assets/galleries/cray-valley/parchment-mill.html

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