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Latest News -
May 2008
Penny Murray has now agreed to act as Rota Secretary to
arrange the rota of volunteers who man the mill on open
days. She will shortly be sending out the rota for the
period from 1st June to 26th August.
A new
volunteer to act as Chairman of the Friends is being sought to
replace David French, who has stepped down.
How about YOU?
We are still very short of guides, ticket sellers and
sales assistants for open days.
No experience is necessary
and full
training will be given, so please don't be afraid to volunteer!
The only commitment is for three
hours on one or more Sunday afternoons a month.
We are also short of helpers for serving
teas; telephone for details if you think you could help with
this.
Working
Parties are held
each week on
Wednesdays, throughout the year.
We also need more volunteers for these.
Please come along around 10.30 am
any
Wednesday if you can help. NO SKILL IS NEEDED!
 The fuel store
for the engine, behind the engine shed has now been completed
and is ready for use, thanks to the hard work of Phil
Williams, who has turned out to be a dab hand at bricklaying as well
as woodwork! [See picture].
The small jog-scry or shaking sieve which feeds grain to the smutter grain
cleaner has been re-assembled with new sieves and has now been
re-installed in its place on the second floor.
The other 3-level jog-scry on the first floor has also been
rebuilt by Bill Mees. This one was found to be in such a poor
condition, with the mesh sieves rusted through and much evidence of
woodworm in the timber, so a lot of new wood will have to be used.
We have bought new stainless mesh for it, and it is almost
complete and about to be re-fitted.
We are anxious to find some more helpers to work on our 1942 Ruston diesel engine.
A new Friend, Geoff Austin, has been doing stalwart work on the
welding of the parts of the exhaust and cooling system, but there is
still more to do. The
steelwork which supports the linking shaft is now complete, and the
pulleys and shaft have been installed. The next stage is to
get the belting for the drives, as well as making the fork assembly
for operating the belts. We have also bought a compressor for
starting the engine, which is now in place and has been connected to
the engine so that it can be turned over for tests.
We have fitted a water-butt to one of the downpipes from the
engine-shed roof to collect rainwater for use in the engine cooling
system.
We have available
information sheets for overseas visitors in French and in German, for the
benefit of non-English-speakers Anyone willing to translate into
other languages would be welcome.
For more information,
please telephone or
E-mail David or Gill French,
01403 730439.
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