GSIA - Talk at Gloucestershire Heritage Hub on Tuesday, 25 February 2025 at 7.30pm

[Alexander Gay]

Dear GSIA Members and Friends,

You are warmly invited to the next GSIA in-person talk as noted below.

Date: Tuesday, 25 February 2025 at 7.30pm

Venue: Gloucestershire Heritage Hub (Gloucester Archives)

Title: 'Grist to Healings Mill - Tewkesbury's Historical Cadaver

Speaker: John Dixon, President of Tewkesbury Local History Society, researcher and author.  

"Opened by Samual Healing in 1865, this seven-storey corn mill contained 12 pairs of milling stones.  In 1885, Carters Automatic Roller System was installed, which made this mill one of the largest roller mills in the area. Steam power ceased in the 1950s and in 1997 new equipment, much of it from Barrons of Gloucester, was installed.  The mill was extended in 1889, 1935 and 1980." (GSIA guide, 'Exploring Gloucestershire's Industrial Heritage').

"The buildings are a good example of an increasingly rare survival, a large-scale flour milling operation dating from 1865; the mill and warehouses are neatly designed using quality materials and with detailing that creates an architectural statement of some distinction." "Healings is a valuable reminder of Tewkesbury's historic importance as a regional agricultural centre." (Historic England's Official List Entry).

Many members will remermber the grain barges of Healings tied up at the quay next to the mill.  A few of the more senior members might recall the rail connection to the mill.  

In 2006 Healings Mill closed and has been vacant since then while its redevelopment is discussed.  

It should be an interesting evening.

We hope you will join us.

A further date for your diary

Date: Tuesday, 25 March 2025 at 7.30pm

Venue: Gloucestershire Heritage Hub (Gloucester Archives)

Title: Railways of Sharpness 

Speaker: Mike Smith

More details later.