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Restoration Update
- Visit by Farm Machinery Preservation Society
- Visit by Wickhambrook History Group
- Annual Tractor Run
- Visit by Palgrave and Bury St Edmunds camera clubs
- Dennis and his tractor boys and girls
- See our new Gallery
- 200 year anniversary
- 200 year celebration day – more photos
- Tree planting to mark 200 years since mill was built
- Morris Men at the Mill
- Mill granary used as polling station
- Visit by East Anglian Practical Classics car club
- Traditional afternoon teas
- Inside the granary
- Car Rally visitors
- Granary progress
- Granary progress
- The end of “Fort Knox”
- New engine shed
- Engine house
- Dressing the mill stones
- Hurst frame
- “Fort Knox” new engine shed
- Hopton CEVC Primary School visit
- Visitor centre
- Passing of respected millwright –Vincent Pargeter
- Rope making demonstration
- Temporary repair to sail clamp
- Mill painting completed Aug 2015
- Soak away
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Granary progress
The granary is almost complete and has to have a further external coat of paint and the rainwater gutters and downpipes connected to the soakaway. Internally the electrics have to be completed and the walls painted all of which will … Continue reading
Granary progress
The construction of a granary is a key project in the continuous improvements that we are making on the mill site. We have reached a significant milestone in the construction of the granary with the completion of the roof When … Continue reading
The end of “Fort Knox”
Another major milestone in our progress to improve and develop the facilities at Thelnetham. The original “Fort Knox” housed the Ruston Hornsby engine in the right hand side and the well in the left hand side, which was also used … Continue reading
New engine shed
In addition to the regular ongoing general maintenance and improvements to the mill and facilities, the main project has been to build the engine house for the Ruston Hornsby engine. This is almost complete except for a few minor jobs … Continue reading
Dressing the mill stones
Both sets of milling stones were dressed in June 2016 using a combination of traditional and modern tools. The millwright is dressing the furrows and defining the stitching using the mill bill
Hurst frame
In 1892 a Hurst frame was installed to enable flour to be milled when there was insufficient wind strength. The Hurst frame would have been driven by a portable steam engine by way of the pulleys on the outside of … Continue reading
“Fort Knox” new engine shed
The right hand side of “Fort Knox” has been dismantled and the engine has been covered over, until the new engine shed has been built around it. We hope to complete the new shed by August 2016 utilising our volunteers. … Continue reading
Hopton CEVC Primary School visit
The children of Ash class from Hopton CEVC Primary School made use of the visitor centre to help with their studies into the changing environment around the Hopton area They learned how wheat used to be harvested, how the mill … Continue reading
Visitor centre
The old brick workshop, which has been renovated, modified, painted and is currently being converted into a visitor centre. A grass “patio” sown and improvements made by removing an eyesore wooden shed
Passing of respected millwright –Vincent Pargeter
After a short illness, Vincent Pargeter, one of the most respected millwrights died on Saturday night. Over a career spanning 43 years, he led the protection and repair of numerous wind and watermills across the South East of England and … Continue reading
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