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david the dodo · 12-09-2010, 21:16

[quote=Atarah;778190]Latest views - taken today

Nos 1, 2 and 3 show the disappearing mill
No 4 - general view of site
No 5 - the curved doorway with rubble nearby shows what I am led to believe was the entrance to the siting of the water wheel.[/q

Although I never visited the Mills, I had a long attatchment to them from over 40 years ago when I used to buy all the cotton and flannelette sheets for my 4 shops in Hampshire and Surrey. We sold so many that we used to have our own labels printed for them.
It is a tragedy that our cotton mills have disappeared and the trade is no more! I am glad that I no longer have this responsibility as all our cotton goods now seem to come from abroad. I would find it very hard, when I remember that names like Highams, Horrockses, Dorcas and Sparwick ( later Sparva) have all but disappeared.

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david the dodo Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Bristol Posts: 1 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: site of Woodnook mill Jan 2010 [quote=Atarah;778190]Latest views - taken today Nos 1, 2 and 3 show the disappearing mill No 4 - general view of site No 5 - the curved doorway with rubble nearby shows what I am led to believe was the entrance to the siting of the water wheel.[/q Although I never visited the Mills, I had a long attatchment to them from over 40 years ago when I used to buy all the cotton and flannelette sheets for my 4 shops in Hampshire and Surrey. We sold so many that we used to have our own labels printed for them. It is a tragedy that our cotton mills have disappeared and the trade is no more! I am glad that I no longer have this responsibility as all our cotton goods now seem to come from abroad. I would find it very hard, when I remember that names like Highams, Horrockses, Dorcas and Sparwick ( later Sparva) have all but disappeared.