Flitwick, The Mill c.1960
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The present building was constructed in the 18th century, but on the site of a mill listed in the Domesday survey of 1086. It still houses two grinding stones and most of its machinery, but is no longer a working water mill. The flow of the River Flit was powerful enough to operate three wheels: overshot, undershot and breastshot.
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A Selection of Memories from Flitwick
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Flitwick
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We moved to Flitwick at the end of 1986. The cottage we bought at the bottom of Kings Road used to be the old baptist chapel, which we were told was built in the late 1800's. When we purchased it, it already had been converted. We loved living in Flitwick, I worked for Tesco's for 15 years and saw quite a few changes over the years. My aunt used to teach at the old school probably in the early 1900's and ...see more
We'd had our usual five weeks school holidays when Hitler's Luffwaffe gave us another few days off. His bombers scampering back to the continent, after presumably bombing Midlands cities, jettisoned another, on Glebe land behind the school. The school was not directly hit, but the explosion shattered a few windows. 'HOORAY', another week off school. As far as we kids were concerned, the ...see more
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