1000 Years! - Sturminster Newton Water Mill
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Published 2016-06-06
We take a detailed look at how the mill is operated from opening up the water supply to doing some milling and then closing down again at the end of the day. Along the way we look at the individual machines and processes through which the raw materials that make flour must go, before it is ready to make into products such as bread.
Step Back in Time TV would like to thank Sturminster Museum & Mill - www.sturminsternewton-museum.co.uk/ for enabling us to make this film.
We would particularly like to thank Peter Loosmore and Tony Brandon for giving up several Saturdays and undertaking some heavy maintenance work, in order for us to film the workings of this mill in detail.
We are planning more in this series covering the history and the inner workings of the machines at Sturminster Mill, and other mills.
Thank you for watching.
Production Team:
Giles Warham
Clare Hooper
Diana Tigwell
With special thanks to our volunteer crew, who make the production process efficient and a lot of fun.
NB. This took over 30 hours to upload! (1.4Gb) ... BWK Devon, UK Really needs faster Internet! (Especially UP speeds ... Currently 1mbit :-( ).
All Comments (21)
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nice to see bits of old England that are not over run.
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Bless Your Heart, Peter!!! Your A National Treasure! Gods Speed, You Fine Gentleman!!!đđâ€ïžđ
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How can anyone dislike such an interesting show? I thought it was absolutely fascinating! Kudos to everyone involved in both the Mill and the production of this video!
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A wonderful and informative video, and to have an interviewer that actually knows what she is talking about is a huge bonus, long may this Mill continue.
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She's a really good interviewer. She is able to bring out the details in the discussion. Well done. Ronn
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People today really do not appreciate the skill and technology of our forebears.
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What a delightful man he seems.
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What a fabulous little window into the past. Very well explained and delivered. Thanks all.
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What a fantastic old fellow
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Such innovative ancestors! Itâs the reason why we are here today!
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He could not have explained this process any simpler and clearer than he did. I'm very glad I spent the time to watch this wonderful video. Just amazing.
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excellent video on all the workings of this mill, thanks
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Thank You for posting this vid, I learned more about milling in 37 min 50 seconds , than in 58 years of a lifetime, , makes flour more valuable to me now than ever.
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Fascinating historical display. I always tell my grandchildren that early inventors and engineers (a thousand years and more years ago) were just as smart as we and much more observant of the natural world. Thanks for the demonstration and walk through the mmill. -- Dave Hegmann
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We have a grist mill in the town of Sudbury, close to Marlboro Mass,. this is also a working mill and a great place to enjoy a weekend. A big thanks to all the folks that dedicate their time to these wonderful places of our past.
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thank you so much for this video! my grandfather used to work in a mill in north Carolina, so it's nice to know how the mills worked. Their's was a water wheel, although the old mill here in our town used a turbine wheel just like the one at Sturminster. Thank you for bringing history alive to us!
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Thank you for a most remarkable reminder of human ingenuity, pride and workmanship.
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That was some amazing engineering for back in the day. TOTALLY FASCINATING !!
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A wonderful piece of "modern" human history. Our ancestors were so much more cleverer that many of we 21st Century humans, utilising a renewable energy source such as the river. Can we learn something from this? Thank you to all concerned with producing this video.
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Fascinating...it's amazing the amount of thought and engineering that's been put into this place and it's still working...all delivered with an excellent running commentary...thank's Peter.!
