Parish Cake Autumn 2017

Hurrah! They are Back
feature
Cranbrook’s Union Mill is reunited with its sweeps
GREAT EXCITEMENT in June as
the Cranbrook windmill was
reunited with its huge sweeps
after more than a year’s
separation.
Hurrah! The windmill is able
to produce stoneground flour
again. Kent County Council
owns the landmark which will
be painted as soon as possible.
Cranbrook Windmill
Association volunteers open
the mill to the public and
operate it to produce flour
which is sold.
Joy Temple
Come and join us!
Email volunteering@
unionmill.org.
uk or visit www.
unionmill.org.
uk for more
information.
At a recent parish council meeting, our county councillor
Sean Holden said: “It has taken more than a year for the sweeps
to come back. I hope it won’t take that long for KCC to do the muchneeded
painting.”
He was referring to the fact that one side of the mill is green,
possibly due to the long, hot summer. This phenomenon occurred
several years ago before the mill was given a fresh coat of paint.
FROM THE
ARCHIVES
IN THE last issue of Parish Cake we
asked for help in putting names to
faces in a 1924 photo of Cranbrook
Town Band. Within a few hours of
its delivery we had a call from local
resident Mrs Hadaway
who has a copy of the
same photo with every
name. Thank you; the
photograph in the
museum now means so
much more to us.
In this issue we
follow a similar theme
but this time it is a
1928 photograph of
the Cranbrook cubs. We know it’s
Lesley Bangham in the back row on
the right but can you name anyone
else? Perhaps spot your father or
grandfather?
If you can help our email address
is cranbrookmuseum@gmail.
com or we are there to answer the
phone on Wednesday mornings
(only) between 9am and 12 noon
on 01580 712929.
As for the
Town Band,
here are the
names! Many
of you will
be familiar
with the
surnames.
Back row, left to right;
H.W.Hills, C.Honess, G.Leeves, H.G.Hatcher, H.Hatcher,
J.C.Parker, H.S.Cayzer.
Middle row, left to right; A.E.Bangham,A Bangham,
A.W.Hatcher, L.C.Piper, J.Elvin, H.W.Hinkley, C.V.Norris.
Front row, left to right; S.W.West, A Boniface,
A.T.Slingsby, T.A.W.Slingsby, H.J.Hinkley, S.Stone, E.
Osborne, W.Butler.
Cranbrook Museum Curator
In the last edition we described Mike Huxley as
Curator of Cranbrook’s Museum. We made a
mistake – the Curator is of course Rod Dann. The
error was mine and I apologise – ed.
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