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More Doors at Lowther Castle

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My entry for Thursday Doors 21 10 21

Another cabin in the grounds
Inside the castle
There is no roof on this castle so a garden has been planted inside instead. The conditions are good for growing certain plants.

For information about the castle see my last Thursday Doors post here

Bobbin Mill

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This is Stott Park Bobbin Mill, a National Trust property at Windermere. Stott Park Bobbin Mill is a 19th-century bobbin mill and now a working museum located near the lakeside of Windermere, Cumbria, England. Built in 1835 the mill was one of over 65 such buildings in the Lake District, which provided wooden bobbins to the weaving and spinning industry primarily in Lancashire and Yorkshire. It is the only working mill left in the Lake District. Although small compared to other mills, some 250 men and boys (some drafted in from workhouses) worked here over the years in often arduous conditions to produce a quarter of a million bobbins a week. I saw a demonstration of bobbins being made.