Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
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SOME OF THEADVANTAGES OF
WORKING WITH CENTRES OF
INTEREST
THE INTRODUCTION lo The Reporl on
the Primary School states that "Subjects
are not independent entities, but divisions
within the generalfield of knowledge," and
this clearly illustrates the essential purpose of Centres of lntereSt.
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vision of subjects into set lessons; instead, the curriculum should be planned
so that it both stimulates and satisfies the
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specialised subjects.
THE FIRES
THE MILL'S HISTORY has been punctuated with three fires. After ihe first fire,
the mill was rebuilt and leased to Messrs
t{owlett and Mathews for 99 years. lt then
passed to a Mr Grayson who worked it
for curiosity.
Naturally there are bound to be many
gaps in this plan, some of which might
have been covered in oral lessons. Some-
I saw it in destruction, when flames were leaping high Attirnes the fiery tongues seem'd to pierce the very sky;
We heard the crack of timber - the thud of iron fall,
Machinery demolished * the prty of it all.
The air was suffacating with smolre and falling fire,
The awtul, unchecked flames leapt up higher still, and higher.
Wrth bated breath we uratch'd it, our heafts half sick wifh fear,
ln thinking of the danger to f,ouses standing near.
But, God be thank'd, no dwelling was caught in fiery clutch,
Though glass was crack'd, doors b/lster'd, and gardens suffered much,
The apples on the fruit trees were roasted, so 'fls said.
Buf, b/essed thaught, no life lost- not e'en a horse rs dead.
We watched the fiery furnace, all helpless to subdue
The cruel flames which lick'd it, and lapped itthrough and through.
We had no means to save it, though doubt ess much goodwill;
Na fire appliance handy - oh! Poor old Ruswarp Mill.
wrecked in a single
nighl
in
1911
at
going concern, retaining the same employees (two of whom are still working at
age
MA Fry
the main walls were left standing.
Mr M A Fry was moved to write the
verses above after seeing the rnill on fire
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walls and floors. Despite all these difficulties, however, the management and
staff worked all hours of the day and night,
tion classes. The result was a great triumph; at the first attempt, the firm car-
Behind the warehouse lies the sheltered mill garden, growing a great variety
of vegetables and, behind this, bordering
the river, is a narrow orchard. This produces apples, both for cooking and eat-
firmly nearthe front of the mill, and a nowconverted warehouse shows signs of its
former use as a stable
manufaciuring.
ger.
General views of the mill: left, the dam; right, the second grid.
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On arrival at the mill, the wheat !s discharged straight from the sacks, down a
slide, into the silo hoppers. From the hoppers, the grain is taken to the top of the
silo by bucket elevators or by'pneumatic
intake' (suction), and there it is given its
first dry cleaning. Straq coal, sand and
various other foreign particles that have
become mixed with the grain on its journey in the ship's hold, are removed.
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INTO FLOUR
THE EQUIPMENT in British mills is perhaps the finest in the world, for as the
country cannot grow nearly enough wheat
for its own consumption, a large amount
has to be imported. The British mills have,
therefore, to be adapted to grind any kind
of wheat from any country, whereas countries which can grow more than they need
for home consumption, and need never
import grain, can equip their mills to suit
wheat grown in the immediate vicinity,
which varies very little.
Nearly all English wheat is of the soft
variety, and as the gluten is not very
strong, is mainly suitable for making into
biscuit flour. Gluten is the subslance that
ess for, unless this is done very thoroughly, it is impossible to make good flour:
ing machines and plansifters are covered with fine mesh wire and silk.
Each machine in ihe rnill has a current of air drawn through it. This helps
to keep it cool. but the main purpose is
to take away any moisture which, if allowed to accumulate, would paste up
the silks and prevent them from dressing the flour. The air passes through
an air cleaner which extracts any dust
and releases only clean air into the milling system and the atmosphere. On the
second floor of the mill, a large multitubular dust collector of lhe pressure
The Plansifter.
health.
The orchard.
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PhotographsbyPMHay