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This photo shows Bryan Hall's name still visible on the end of the building. Bryan sold the Bryan Hall Crown Mills complex for development when he retired. The estate is named "Old Mill Park". He died in 2006, bringing to an end a tradition of milling in Louth that goes back nearly 200 years to a time when the Hall family owned windmills (which were destroyed by fire in 1873 and 1905) and later the watermill in Ramsgate Road. The mill derived its power from the river Lud, supplemented by a turn-of-the-century Ruston Bucyrus diesel engine. Animal feeds, mixed from local cereals, and with evocative names such as Growers' Mash and Layers' Mash (for hens), were supplied to the farmers of East Lindsey; the Three Crowns flour with its endorsement "pura et nivea" was also used throughout the district, including by another branch of the family, Alfred Hall, bakers. Bryan was a man of his time and place. Louth after the second world war relied on its merchants and traders for a sense of civic wellbeing. He was a founder member of the Round Table and president of the local 41 Club. He also helped establish Louth jazz club, which, for a time, met at the mill. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/jan/18/obituaries.mainsection

Bryan Hall sold the Bryan Hall Crown Mills complex for development when he retired. The estate is named "Old Mill Park". In photo Image] his name can still be seen on the end of this building. He died in 2006, bringing to an end a tradition of milling in Louth that goes back nearly 200 years to a time when the Hall family owned windmills (which were destroyed by fire in 1873 and 1905) and later the watermill in Ramsgate Road. The mill derived its power from the river Lud, supplemented by a turn-of-the-century Ruston Bucyrus diesel engine. Animal feeds, mixed from local cereals, and with evocative names such as Growers' Mash and Layers' Mash (for hens), were supplied to the farmers of East Lindsey; the Three Crowns flour with its endorsement "pura et nivea" was also used throughout the district, including by another branch of the family, Alfred Hall, bakers. Bryan was a man of his time and place. Louth after the second world war relied on its merchants and traders for a sense of civic wellbeing. He was a founder member of the Round Table and president of the local 41 Club. He also helped establish Louth jazz club, which, for a time, met at the mill. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/jan/18/obituaries.mainsection

The road runs alongside the River Lud, and is often subject to flooding, which I believe this work should alleviate. It has been on-going now for 6 months, and another 6 months to go, with the road blocked and a diversion necessary up Newbridge Hill, where the ABM Malt Kiln is being demolished - also requiring road closures. Meanwhile residents of Ramsgate Road have at times not been able to get their cars into their drives, though they say the workmen have been as helpful as possible. See also: Image

The road runs alongside the River Lud, and is often subject to flooding, which I believe this work should alleviate. It has been on-going now for 6 months, and another 6 months to go, with the road blocked and a diversion necessary up Newbridge Hill, where the ABM Malt Kiln is being demolished - also requiring road closures. Meanwhile residents of Ramsgate Road have at times not been able to get their cars into their drives, though they say the workmen have been as helpful as possible. See also: Image

Bryan Hall sold the Bryan Hall Crown Mills complex for development when he retired. The estate is named "Old Mill Park". This is one of the buildings on the estate. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/jan/18/obituaries.mainsection Image]; Image]; Image]; Image]

After passing in front of the Bryan Hall Mill warehouse in Image], the River Lud goes through a tunnel underneath this row of terraced cottages. There is and inspection hole in the floor of this cottage. The tunnel entrance is dimly visible below the bridge. The Lud comes out some 100m further on, having passed under Commercial Road.

Across the River Lud to Holy Trinity Church, Lacey Gardens and St. Bernard's Avenue. Newbridge Hill bottom right.

Adjacent to the old chapel Image], this is the other end of the block of terraced houses shown in Image], which are positioned along the top of a tunnel on the River Lud. Now a dog grooming parlour.