Visit to Frogmore Paper Mill Photographs taken by Rupert Anson Visitor Entrance Peter Burford – Visitor Services Manager Display Describing History Of Mill Workers Exhibition Characters Are Papier Mâché Peter, Our Guide For The Tour Historic Letterpress Printing Equipment Partly Reconstituted Re Cycled Paper Known As ‘crumble’ 1902 Paper Machine .. Still In Use Today Following The Liquid ‘crumble’ Through The Process End Of The Process Where Rolls Of Paper Are Formed Single Sheets Of Speciality Paper Are Fabricated Here And Hung Up To Dry Before Being Glazed Swatches Of Speciality Papers Available To Order I Think We Can Guess Which One Visiting Kids Home In On! River Gade Continues To Power The Mill’s Waterwheel Orderly Chaos Is The Norm Here Ancient Pumping Machinery Still In Use ‘PM2’ An 1895 Paper Making Machine Installed At Frogmore In 1907 ‘PM2’ Ceased Full Time Production In July 2007 It All Looks A Bit Abandoned, But It’s Still In Use Equipment May Look Rather Antiquated But It’s All In Regular Daily Use This Is Where We Were Shown How To Make A Sheet Of Paper Some Tried Their Hand At It But Not Always Successfully! Handmade Sheets Are Placed On Hotplate To Dry After Drying They Are Then Glazed For Permanency The ‘Blitz & Beyond’ Exhibition 1938 Dennis Ace Fire Engine Has Lived Here All Its Life Canal Boat Bryan Donkin Takes 30 Minute Round Trips To Lock 67 Of The Grand Union Canal Restful Gliding Through The Waters Of The River Gade Back To Where We Started Our Day At Frogmore Paper Mill
