"Outer pair of sails and stock"
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Part of Vincent Pargeter Collection
Scale 1:25
Pargeter, Vincent G (1943-2015), millwright
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"Outer pair of sails and stock"
Part of Vincent Pargeter Collection
Scale 1:25
Pargeter, Vincent G (1943-2015), millwright
A stock clamp is raised up to the new sails
Millwright Vincent Pargeter is preparing the bolts to secure the new clamp
Replacing a storm damage sail and stock
Millwright Vincent Pargeter is directing the lowering of the new stock into the wind shaft canister
Charlie Ball (left) and his son (second left) from the millwright firm of Christy and Norris are making a new stock and sails in the grounds of the Mill. On the right is Fell Christy (aged 25), the son of the owner of Christy and Norris, in his first year with the firm after attending university. The fourth person is unidentified.
The damaged mill seen shortly after the storm.
During a storm the stock of the forward sail snapped. Here millwright Vincent Pargeter is making safe the damage and removing parts of the striking gear.