Down at the Old Mill.

Thank you all for your best wishes on my Birthday yesterday, you all made me feel so much younger, well at least a year or two.

The valleys I live in are famous for it's sheep and the woolen industries with many mills being driven by the rivers that flow throughout the valleys. This old mill is empty now and there are plans for it to be converted to flats/apartments along with the surrounding buildings.

It was built in 1817 and was the first to be built with a metal framework for fire protection, I found a door with the date above it. Can you imagine the hundreds of workers walking down from their hillside cottages to toil for many hours in a very noisy atmosphere, even as young as twelve years old. Deafness among the workers was not unusual and there was soon a sign language used between the workers as they couldn't hear each other due to the noise. It was late when they trudged back home up the hills each evening.

View with the dark surround.

[Candace]

I am glad they will re-purpose this mill rather than tear it down!

[Hazel]

Thanks for sharing the mill and its interesting history. I'm sure the flats will be lovely - and expensive!

[carol white]

A super capture, so much history in these old mills. Fav!! 😃

[Bep]

Great building with an interesting story.

[linda]

happy birthday and one day. great capture, where is this?

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@pinkpaintpot Hi Linda, it's Stanley Mill just down the road from my village. On the edge of the village called King's Stanley.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Love all those windows. good that it is going to be renovated.

[bkb in the city]

Great shot and commentary on it

[Graham Thresher]

A fabulous capture.

[Helen]

Great capture of this interesting building, I hope it does get renovated rather than left an empty shell.
Sorry I missed your birthday, but hope you enjoyed your day.

[Babs]

What a fabulous building. So glad that it will be converted to flats rather than be demolished.

[Deborah McGavock]

It was a hard life for all mill workers. Love the huge windows in this building. A new flat here would be very pleasant.

[Rosan]

Happy belated birthday wishes! Nice to hear of plans for renovation of this old building.

[Lin]

Nicely captured view of history!

[Mickey Anderson]

Love the jack arches above the windows!! Only for those with money here!! When I was a bricklayer we did many very expensive homes and the arches would be packed in the order they were to be laid!!

[mzbull]

Nice shot and history/plans

[Susan Golding]

Lovely shot of the old Mill.

[Claire]

Excellent composition, lovely shot. Happy belated birthday wishes.

[Denise Wood]

Great bit of nostalgia :)

[Joyce]

Great capture Heather and lovely to read the history. Fav

[Joan Morvinson]

Love the chimney

[Ellie Louise]

Lovely shot and great to have the background information too!

[Ivan]

Stark building in a beautiful area with grim workers' history. fav. Well done on PP!

[Janiskay]

So glad to hear that this old mill is going to be put to good use and not left to fall apart.