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andrewparkeruk · 07-08-2019, 22:05

Eleven years on, I may be able to add some information. My Dad did the building maintenance at Stanhill Ring mill in the 1970s until it closed; I am pretty sure he was there when the VW Scirocco ad was filmed. My Mum worked in the offices at both Vine Mill, then Stanhill Ring. As a kid I was quite familiar with both mills.
The flat roof of Stanhill Ring mill was designed to hold rainwater. I remember being up on the roof with my Dad and it looked like a series of ponds. If I remember correctly the roof was sealed with tarmacadam, and the water was to stop the tarmac blistering and failing. I think the water was a couple of feet deep.
I worked for a few weeks at Vine Mill when part of it was operated by Bentley&Whitehead; that would have been 1973 or 1974.
Lol Eddleston’s scrap yard; the Ministry making wheelchairs (the source of axles and wheels on all of the trolleys kids in the area had); the TCP aroma from Cocker Chemicals; ...

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andrewparkeruk Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Posts: 1 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Stanhill ring spinning mill Eleven years on, I may be able to add some information. My Dad did the building maintenance at Stanhill Ring mill in the 1970s until it closed; I am pretty sure he was there when the VW Scirocco ad was filmed. My Mum worked in the offices at both Vine Mill, then Stanhill Ring. As a kid I was quite familiar with both mills. The flat roof of Stanhill Ring mill was designed to hold rainwater. I remember being up on the roof with my Dad and it looked like a series of ponds. If I remember correctly the roof was sealed with tarmacadam, and the water was to stop the tarmac blistering and failing. I think the water was a couple of feet deep. I worked for a few weeks at Vine Mill when part of it was operated by Bentley&Whitehead; that would have been 1973 or 1974. Lol Eddleston’s scrap yard; the Ministry making wheelchairs (the source of axles and wheels on all of the trolleys kids in the area had); the TCP aroma from Cocker Chemicals; ...