Brilliant video found

We were lucky enough to get hold of a DVD (remember those?) of a fascinating Anglia Productions (ITV) programme outlining the renovation of Woodbridge Tide Mill which had been in decay from just before 1900 until the final straw of a broken waterwheel shaft ended its commercial life in 1957. Following its purchase in 1968 by Mrs Jean Gardner and her husband the Mill was completely renovated by the Tide Mill Trust. The Mill was gifted to Woodbridge Town Council in June 1977. The film also pays tribute to the dedicated team of designers, structural engineers, project managers, fundraisers and skilled workmen who restored the Mill. These hard-working supporters ensured that the Mill remains one of only two working tide mills in the UK still producing stone ground flour from the action of the tides.

The video includes film of the reopening ceremony, renovation work as well as interviews with Norman Scarfe, Mr & Mrs Gardner, Donald W Insall & Associates Architects, F Ingram Smith Ltd Builders, Jameson Marshall and Derek Ogden Millwrights, David Nichol and many others.

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