It’s been a busy few weeks at Priors Flour HQ, so we email today to bring you up to date with some pictures of the fantastic repair work which we’ve completed and to provide early warning of a suspension of the mail order service during June due to planned staff absence. This work has cost in excess of £4,000.00 – so you can see what your flour purchases enable!
Mail Order – offline between 3rd June and 23rd June
To give you a heads-up, we will not be taking mail orders between the above dates, so please get your orders in ahead of the break. The mill shop and mill itself will be open as usual, so if you are able to come to Swaffham Prior, you can pick up your flour as usual on Thursday mornings between 9am and 1pm and on the 9th June from 2pm to 5pm (2nd Sunday of the Month opening).
Maintenance Update
Following an earlier post where we showed you the damage done by the winter rain and cold, we’ve been hard at work completing a series of important maintenance tasks! Our lime mortar specialist James Ingram worked for two solid weeks to repair the damaged brickwork using lime mortar and local reclaimed bricks:
After leaving the brickwork to dry for a number of weeks, we have then re-surfaced the top of the cap with a new coat of fibreglass flowcoat, repainted the fantail and finally, re-tarred the mill tower! A huge amount of work as the video below shows! Our thanks to millwright Cameron Southcote for all his work – it’s been a huge team effort! The repair bill for this work alone is over £4,000.00 so, please keep supporting our work!
