howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
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leafing through the council website i was stunned to come across the headline "new location for dover vic".
the mind worked overtime, i assumed that they planned to send mr matcham to libya so that he could stand as in independent in benghazi south west.
sadly it was some stuff about the visitor information centre.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,948
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#3
could not agree more keith, more importantly elections would be no events without his input.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
#4
i have just got in from a parish council meeting,but tha
nk you for your remarks lads.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
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I have also just returned from the River Parish Council meeting .You will be pleased to know Vic and I agree on one subject support for the Crabble Corn Mill .Every household received a leaflet re the attraction of the Mill and also a form to become a friend of the mill .I think i joined a long time ago but ive just sent of the form with my subs .If every house hold in River did this we could see the required repairs done .
I also advised Vic that a few years ago we had a team of helpers clearing the River .Picture in the Dover Express .I wa s slimer then and had tight mauve trousers on .Those were the days .
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
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Sue, with the cost of oil going up - yesterday it hit $120 -, and coal mines extinct in Kent
, the corn mill could be used to grind corn, without any energy expenses involved!
Could this proposal of mine make headway in River Parish Council?
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,948
#7
Good luck to crabble corn mill
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#8
The mill does sell its own corn,and has been doing that for years .all that can be done to save the mill is being done at this time unless you can over about £6000 or more. So your proposal is outdated. you can always walk out there and see for yourself.and offer to help.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#9
they do hold a lot of events there so deserve support.
i believe they had a community payback team there some time back helping out.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#10
Why is it called a Corn Mill did they originally only grind corn as opposed to the normal wheat etc.
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I am just going down there Jan,you have got me on this one, but I wiil aske,thank you.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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#12
Thank you Vic
, it is a question I have always meant to ask.
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Well I have just got back in from the mill ,I am told it is called the corm mill because over 100 years go on the river were lots of mills most were paper mills but they all had the same address so they all had names and what they were turning out so the public and the postman would know what mill to go to,Corn and Wheat are the same ,some call it Wheat, some call it Corn, so that is why the name Corn came about. Thank you.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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Thanks Vic, seems strange it was called that though rather than after the miller.
For your future information in case you need it
, wheat is a completely different plant to corn (maize).
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Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I thought it's 'proper' name was Mannering's Mill ??
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Jan I said that to ,but they say it is the same.Paul I think you are right but i am told that the Mannering family had more that one mill on the River.I do have a book on the Corn mill I will have to dig it out and have a look. Thank you
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Thank you for that Jan,I have printed that off for later use.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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I think the probable correct name for Maize is SWEET CORN? Would not have been grown here for food 100 years ago??
I would think the name 'corn' as historically used in England has meant wheat, barley, oats....?
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#20
so there they now both the same or not please. 
