Mill mementos stay in town (From Tewkesbury Admag)

Mill mementos stay in town

2:26pm Thursday 2nd November 2006 in News

Allied Mills, which is closing its Tewkesbury branch in the New Year, has handed over a number of interesting items to Tewkesbury Museum.

They include a selection of trophies, including some for the former Healings Cricket Club and others for top millers and other tradesmen.

There is also a special scale for checking the density of flour and a copy of an old picture of Tewkesbury, the original of which hangs in the town hall, log books from the old barges that used to carry wheat from Avonmouth to the mill and a potted history put together by an employee and presented to each member of staff.

Curator Maggie Thornton said: "It's sad to see a place that has been so much a part of the town closing, but I'm delighted to have these things."

She is planning an exhibition about the mill in the New Year.