A piece of film showing the Woolmill in 1979 has just been 'unearthed'!
Hugh Jones explains the background to the film...
"In the summer of 1979 the mill featured in a TV documentary. We
had recently got the carding and spinning running again for the first
time since we took over in 1976 and were busy spinning natural yarn for
a large order for Japan - not "hideous tartan"!
The star of the show
was, inevitably, the late Duncan Stewart who took to the silver screen
like an old pro - I remember he had a great time that day. Peter
Machell wasn't one of three of us who bought the mill in 1976, he was a
talented hand weaver who worked with me for 2 years, trying his hand at
machine weaving.
To me, the best of this is seeing the spinning workshop running (which it will be again in 3 years time) and, of course, Duncan who got the last laugh!"
