RICHARD AUSTIN -
'IMAGES'
An Exhibition in the David West Gallery
of images
by Richard Austin
Lyme’s world renowned award winning photographer of wildlife and land/seascapes.
'CABINET OF
CURIOSITIES'
An Exhibition in the Lower Gallery
featuring
Ceramics by Amanda Popham
and paintings by Felicia France
Both Open Daily (Except Monday)
11:00am - 4:00pm
Admission Free
Both Exhibitions run from
15 November 2008 - 4 January 2009
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The Miller’s Garage at the Town Mill opened in September as a new venture, selling ice cream, bread and cakes. The new shop offers organic ice cream from Marshfield Farm near Chippenham - the current favourite flavour is ‘Blackberry Beauty’. There’s also a range of locally baked loaves, baguettes and scones, plus homemade cakes such as carrot, apple and coffee.
The shop is under the experienced management of Gary Barnes, former owner of Jalitos in Lyme's Broad Street. “It’s good to have this part of the mill back in use again selling bread”, said Gary.
The shop lease is for an initial three month trial period which could be extended if the demand is there. So far the new shop has seen a steady stream of customers and Gary would welcome any feedback from visitors. Just e-mail the mill at the address at the bottom of this page or, better still, pop in to the shop to try the wares and offer your comments.
The fourth Town Mill Open Art Exhibition closed on the 7th September. An amazing 8,000 people visited the show, a worthy tribute to the 140 or so artists who entered the Open Competition and a fantastic vote of confidence for the Town Mill Galleries.
The winner of the 'People’s Choice' prize was:
John Ombler
for his painting
Cobb View
Our congratulations go to John, who's prize is dinner for two at the Town Mill's Bistro, Taste Asia, generously donated to the Open Art Competition by the proprietors of the Bistro.
Over the weekend of 2 & 3 August 2008 the Town Mill Potters, with the help of their students, and on behalf of both Lifeboat week and Carnival week, offered people the chance to make a pot.
Four wheels were sited in the courtyard over the weekend and 160 people took up the challenge and tried their hand making a pot. They used special clay that dries in the air and can be painted and varnished. So all of the pots were taken home by their creators.
The Lifeboat Week and Carnival Week charities each received £324 from this fund-raising initiative and great fun was had by all.
The Town Mill is delighted to unveil the one-tenth scale model of the Town Mill recently completed by Jim Macallister, a skilled model maker and one of our millers.
The model, which took three years to complete, is 4ft long, 3ft wide and 5ft high. Its cutaway structure, made mostly of oak and beech, shows the mill machinery in meticulously fine detail, with all the pieces hand-made by Jim. The water wheel turns, levers and gears move and engage, the tiny millstones revolve and it is even possible to adjust the separation of the two millstones, an intricate task even at full scale. Even our new hydro-electric system is included.
The model can be seen on the Sack Floor of the mill building during the normal tour of the watermill. It provides a very useful demonstration of the layout of this very large mill over its four floors and its absolute accuracy is a great tribute to the skills of Jim Macallister.
CAN YOU HELP AT THE TOWN MILL?
The Town Mill is operated by a Charitable Trust relying almost wholly on volunteers to keep it running.
So we always need more help! Would you like to join us as a volunteer? We have an immediate, and on-going, need for extra volunteer help in three vital areas:
Milling, the Mill Shop and Art Gallery Stewards
The
Town Mill
Mill Lane, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3PU, England
Tel:
01297 443579 e-mail
info@townmill.org.uk