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10th October 2024 at 14:38 in reply to: Snodland Paper Mill #1598
Chris Bennett
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New picture of Snodland Mill in 1930s on Historic England from the Arthur William Hobart and the Air Pictures Portleven Collection:

https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/aerial-photos/record/app_22790_007
- This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by Chris Bennett.
1st July 2024 at 18:12 in reply to: Aylesford Paper Mills #1594
Chris Bennett
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The Wire Gang at Aylesford

I’ve been contacted with a question about the function of the wire gang. The questioner is a son of the one of the members in the 1970s.

The attached is a summary of the background and function of this group of men who performed the critical job of changing the heavy but fragile phosphor-bronze machine wires.
Attachments:
1. Aylesford-Paper-Mill-Wire-Gang.pdf
28th December 2023 at 11:52 in reply to: Pool Mill (Leeds) #1591

Chris Bennett
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Entry for Pool Mill on Weidmann CSM website:

https://weidmann-csm.com/our-locations/

Large history of the mill and the associated families:

https://www.poolinwharfedalehistory.co.uk/17c-low-mill/#whiteleyltd

16th December 2023 at 17:31 in reply to: Lower Darwen Paper Mill #1568

Chris Bennett
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Thanks David.

By the way – were you aware of a Lacey’s involvement in Lower Darwen

After the defeat of the Saxons by William the Conqueror, the township (Lower Darwen) became a part of the estate of ‘Henry de Lacey’ (Lord of Clitheroe).

See

http://www.cottontown.org/Housing/Parish%20histories/Pages/A-History-by-Gerald-Schofield.aspx

1st December 2023 at 14:27 in reply to: Barrow Paper Mills #1565

Chris Bennett
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A number of photos of the Mill are contained in The Sankey Photo Library:

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/search/?searchText=Barrow+Paper+Mill

1st December 2023 at 13:51 in reply to: Star Paper Mill (Feniscowles) #1563

Chris Bennett
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Many thanks for this detailed article – just the kind of thing we need.

11th September 2023 at 11:50 in reply to: Star Paper Mill (Feniscowles) #1557

Chris Bennett
Keymaster

Hi David

Many thanks for your input – it presents a picture of a very different industry.

8th August 2023 at 18:15 in reply to: Chartham Mill #1551

Chris Bennett
Keymaster

The Mills Archive gives five mills in the Chartham area:

Chartham Corn Mill at TR 097 554 https://new.millsarchive.org/mills/index/?which=8643

Chartham Hatch Mill at TR 100 570 https://new.millsarchive.org/mills/index/?which=8644

Chartham Paper mill at TR 108 550 https://new.millsarchive.org/mills/index/?which=8645

Horton Mill at TR 115 552 https://new.millsarchive.org/mills/index/?which=10861

Shalmsford Mill at TR 091 548 https://new.millsarchive.org/mills/index/?which=10862

Town Mill at TQ 76 67 https://new.millsarchive.org/mills/index/?which=11024

8th August 2023 at 12:02 in reply to: Chartham Mill #1550

Chris Bennett
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18th April 2023 at 07:41 in reply to: Simpson Clough Paper Mill (Heywood) #1537

Chris Bennett
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Many thanks for letting us know.

I will try to get the information on the mill improved. There’s very little to show for many years of operation.

25th November 2022 at 09:26 in reply to: Sawston Paper Mill #1526

Chris Bennett
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Mill archives are at: Cambridgeshire Archives

http://Edward Towgood & Sons Ltd, paper manufacturers, Sawston

11th November 2022 at 08:55 in reply to: Overton Paper Mill (Basingstoke) #1521

Chris Bennett
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The Quarterly No. 124 News Vol 128 p1

Portals has announced the imminent closure of its historic Overton Mill in Hampshire (which we visited during the 2015 Winchester conference) which produces banknote paper. The mill dates from 1922, so is closing during its centenary year. Sale of the mill machinery and equipment is being handled by BAPH member John Wilkie Paper Mill Services Ltd. Contrary to the position in Overton, the company remains upbeat about the prospects for their security paper business at Bathford, Somerset, and the security features business in Milan, Italy, who are not facing the same challenges.

11th November 2022 at 08:50 in reply to: Stowford Mills (Ivybridge) #1519

Chris Bennett
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The Quarterly N0 124 October 2022 – News Vol 128 p4

The Ivybridge Heritage and Archive Group
Over the years Colin Harris has told us much about Stowford Mill at Ivybridge in Devon. Ivybridge has an active Heritage and Archive Group and website. I contacted Andrew Jewell their Website Administrator and he sent me the following information about their Group and the archive relating to paper that they hold:
I worked at Stowford mill from 1980 until its closure and joined the small Ivybridge Heritage Group which was formed as a consequence of the mill closing. All the archive resides in one of the members spare rooms as the heritage centre which we have been promised is taking much longer to materialise than anyone ever imagined. We now have a space earmarked by the developers of the mill site but it is at least another 2 years away.
Speaking with the custodian of the Stowford Mill archive today it is clear we don’t have a full inventory of items so this will need to be done. It is at least retained and in a safe location.
To give you some idea of what we hold in the archive here is a brief but far from comprehensive list
•Accounts journals from as early as 1910
•Paper Production Journals from 1916-1953
•Raw Material Purchases 1940s
•Clearing House Account Book (Inter mill transactions) 1960s
•Direct Accounts for Security Papers (All manufacturing mills) 1980 & 1990s
•Production Statistics for Stowford Mill 1955-1970
•Register of Plant & Machinery 1938-1955
•Security Paper sample folder 50+ A4 sample sheets
Their website is at: http://ivybridge-heritage.org/ contains much information about the town and the mills there.
The Wiggins Teape Archives, now held by in the Paper Foundation at Burneside in Cumbria, also has a considerable amount of material about Stowford Mill.

7th February 2022 at 16:26 in reply to: Aylesford Paper Mills #1451

Chris Bennett
Keymaster

Hi Steve

There was a book published by Aylesford Newsprint in 1995 “A New Era in Papermaking” that covers some of the history.
THe links on https://ukpapermills.org.uk/topic/aylesford-paper-mills/ are worth exploring.

Quite a few links further down on the page as well.

I have written about the mill during my time in https://ukpapermills.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20171209a-Aylesford-Paper-Mill-1974-81.pdf
and pictures about the effluent https://ukpapermills.org.uk/apm-effluent-1980-pictures/

Happy to share the orginals if that helps you.

Hope this gets you started.

28th January 2022 at 08:06 in reply to: Keynsham Paper Mill (Bristol) #1448

Chris Bennett
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Thank you for this. Just the kind of thing it is great to share and record.
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