MILLSTONES DRESSED

During the winter season the mill has been completely rewired making life easier for our miller. We have also re-limewashed the inside of the mill with a special mixture containing tallow.

It seems that, at last, we have found a type of covering which sticks to the walls and people working on the ground floor have reported how much warmer it is since the work was done.

There has always been a problem with the interior painting because the local bricks are very porous and the ‘paint’ has tended to flake off after a very short time.

On a bright, cold March morning our miller, John Liles, and Jon Sass, Chairman of the Lincolnshire Mills Group, dressed the stones at the mill. John prepared the mill and both men set up the block and tackle (1) to raise the runner stone by means of chains and then Jon wrapped sacking around the runner stone (2) after inserting a wedge between it and the bedstone.

The next picture shows the name of the maker of the runner stone, Stapelton of Hull, and the millstone balances (3). It is also possible to see the trough where the ground flour exits to the next stage of the process (meal floor).

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