Parish Cake Autumn 2017
Your slice of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst life - published by Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Parish Council
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Hurrah! They are Back<br />
feature<br />
Cranbrook’s Union Mill is reunited with its sweeps<br />
GREAT EXCITEMENT in June as<br />
the Cranbrook windmill was<br />
reunited with its huge sweeps<br />
after more than a year’s<br />
separation.<br />
Hurrah! The windmill is able<br />
to produce stoneground flour<br />
again. Kent County Council<br />
owns the landmark which will<br />
be painted as soon as possible.<br />
Cranbrook Windmill<br />
Association volunteers open<br />
the mill to the public and<br />
operate it to produce flour<br />
which is sold.<br />
Joy Temple<br />
Come and join us!<br />
Email volunteering@<br />
unionmill.org.<br />
uk or visit www.<br />
unionmill.org.<br />
uk for more<br />
information.<br />
At a recent parish council meeting, our county councillor<br />
Sean Holden said: “It has taken more than a year for the sweeps<br />
to come back. I hope it won’t take that long for KCC to do the muchneeded<br />
painting.”<br />
He was referring to the fact that one side of the mill is green,<br />
possibly due to the long, hot summer. This phenomenon occurred<br />
several years ago before the mill was given a fresh coat of paint.<br />
FROM THE<br />
ARCHIVES<br />
IN THE last issue of <strong>Parish</strong> <strong>Cake</strong> we<br />
asked for help in putting names to<br />
faces in a 1924 photo of Cranbrook<br />
Town Band. Within a few hours of<br />
its delivery we had a call from local<br />
resident Mrs Hadaway<br />
who has a copy of the<br />
same photo with every<br />
name. Thank you; the<br />
photograph in the<br />
museum now means so<br />
much more to us.<br />
In this issue we<br />
follow a similar theme<br />
but this time it is a<br />
1928 photograph of<br />
the Cranbrook cubs. We know it’s<br />
Lesley Bangham in the back row on<br />
the right but can you name anyone<br />
else? Perhaps spot your father or<br />
grandfather?<br />
If you can help our email address<br />
is cranbrookmuseum@gmail.<br />
com or we are there to answer the<br />
phone on Wednesday mornings<br />
(only) between 9am and 12 noon<br />
on 01580 712929.<br />
As for the<br />
Town Band,<br />
here are the<br />
names! Many<br />
of you will<br />
be familiar<br />
with the<br />
surnames.<br />
Back row, left to right;<br />
H.W.Hills, C.Honess, G.Leeves, H.G.Hatcher, H.Hatcher,<br />
J.C.Parker, H.S.Cayzer.<br />
Middle row, left to right; A.E.Bangham,A Bangham,<br />
A.W.Hatcher, L.C.Piper, J.Elvin, H.W.Hinkley, C.V.Norris.<br />
Front row, left to right; S.W.West, A Boniface,<br />
A.T.Slingsby, T.A.W.Slingsby, H.J.Hinkley, S.Stone, E.<br />
Osborne, W.Butler.<br />
Cranbrook Museum Curator<br />
In the last edition we described Mike Huxley as<br />
Curator of Cranbrook’s Museum. We made a<br />
mistake – the Curator is of course Rod Dann. The<br />
error was mine and I apologise – ed.<br />
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