Reply To: Keynsham Paper Mill (Bristol)

My father, Wilfred Peacock laboured for Wm Orr who went on to be president of ES & A Robinsons, when he laid out the site for the paper mills

Dad then went on to work as a hydropulperman  on the top floor of the mill until he retired in 1974

Very hard work lifting bales of pulp over the top of the mixer and then lifting the “plug ” to allow the mix to fall into the rollers

I sometimes cycled from Bristol St George to the mill with his lunch or what meal it was during his shift, climbing the stairs to a very hot & humid work area where Dad worked in vest & trousers with persperation pouring down

He would then cycle back to St George after the shift, 6 -2, 2 – 10 or 10 – 6 a.m.