Bathford Paper Mill in the 1930s

This fascinating piece of footage of the papermaking process was taken in the 1930s. With thanks to Bathford Paper Mill for sharing with us.

[@lucyjohnson7150]

I grew up ( family home for 45 years) a few hundered yards from the mill by the bridge arch seen. Hearing the mill whistle in the misty winter mornings before school ! Brings back so much memory of times in 70's/ 80's. We were told as children that they made the paper for bank notes but not sure if thats so. The railway bridge arch seen is a few miles from Box Tunnel at the Bathford roundabout. Wonderful to see all that went on there. So much hard work. Thank you

[@yisit42]

Thanks for posting this. My mum worked there for three years in the 50’s and her parents worked there for years before that. My mum is 83 now and she really enjoyed watching this.