No 10. Winching the boiler into place (?)
This photo was not part of the set above but one of a few other photos and post cards in the family collection at the time, the building looks like it has been subject o some demolition to get the boiler in. New firebricks are stacked alongside. The two men rather precariously occupied under the end of the bloier appear to be adjusting packing to slide it over, the winch cable / chain leads towards the photographer.
Whether my grandfather was involved in this work I do now know, he is not recognisable in any of the photos, however we know he had duties associated with the boilerhouse as he suffered a scald injury at some time from steam escaping a safety valve. Mum remembers him going into work at 6pm on a Sunday to light up and raise steam overnight, ready for the mill to start up at 6 am Monday morning, when he would pick up his normal 12 hour day shift, she used to cycle down from their house off the Tonbridge Road to take him his dinner.
