Go to You Tube to see the Tangye steam engine moving again with all its grace. Sadly it is not being driven by steam but the ingenious solution created by Trust volunteer Barry Harrison at least gives it a chance to show its paces. Remember to have the sound on; Barry has ideas on how to reduce the squeal!

When those on the Industrial Chalford & St Mary’s Walk saw what Barry had literally just got going they broke into spontaneous applause.

The Trust is very grateful to the Northern Steam Engine Society for its generous advice. We expect the engine to be working smoothly for the 2012 season of mill openings when it will be the only ‘working’ local steam engine.

Have a look at You Tube to see the Victorian machinery working. Remember to have the sound on!

The waterwheel requires a ton of water to get it moving and you may just hear the response of spectators as it starts. It was made by the firm of J & H Ferrabee of Phoenix Ironworks, Thrupp. It drives the following machinery:

The Yorkshire teasel raising gig is started by a fast and loose mechanism from a local mill. It is raising the nap on a piece of snooker cloth – the heir to the broadcloth manufactured locally for so many centuries.

The milling machine replaced the fulling stocks and was also made by the Ferrabees. It continued working locally until the 1980s and has been adapted to start with a locally made clutch.