Video of an old woolen mill in Scotland

**Alan H** · 24th February 12, 10:19 PM

I enjoyed this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w4O1...97RVAAAAAAAADQ

**brewerpaul** · 24th February 12, 10:59 PM

Ok can I win the lotto and invest in that place. What a wonderful mill.

**ThistleDown** · 24th February 12, 11:17 PM

Kockando is one of those industrial era jewels found less and less often in modern Scotland. This was a blanket mill, and it's difficult to see how it could be funded for the future, except as a learning centre. Visit it if it's still there when you are next dram-tasting in Speyside, and think about its tomorrow. Well worth it for the old smells and the clackety sounds. Thanks, Alan, for posting this fine memory.

**brewerpaul** · 25th February 12, 12:07 AM

There will come a time when places like this are needed again.

**chrisupyonder** · 25th February 12, 12:28 AM

I hope they can keep it going.

Chris.

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 25th February 12, 05:49 AM

I tried to see this mill in Sept 2010 when I was over there, but the whole place was closed for renovation. It looked as though they were putting in a learning center of sorts. Anyone know the current status there?

**artificer** · 25th February 12, 07:07 AM

Fantastic video. Although I'm struck by a few things.

1) the entire external structure of the sheds is crumbling. My guess is that all the wood was probably almost pulp at the time of this filming.

2) Thank goodness OSHA doesn't have jurisdiction in Scotland

there are so many pinch-points, exposed gears, wheels, no clearance around the machines. The scene where the weaver is holding the threads as they pass over the steel teeth... Let's just say I know a few safety officers that would have an aneurism right on the spot if they saw that.

3) I hope they can manage to renovate and make money. It would be a shame for such an amazing, living time-capsule to vanish.

I always wonder, when I see businesses like this, if there isn't a way to tie into fashion houses or media- similar to how Dr. Who helped revive the Harris Tweed industry.

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**Paul Henry** · 25th February 12, 07:19 AM

knockandowoolmill website
Lots of things are happening, so it all seems that it is being saved/preserved, and that they plan to carry on the weaving tradtion there

**Piipriker** · 25th February 12, 07:36 AM

Originally Posted by paulhenry

knockandowoolmill website
Lots of things are happening, so it all seems that it is being saved/preserved, and that they plan to carry on the weaving tradtion there

That's good news. It were a pity for such a tradition to vanish, like many other crafts in the last decades.
Some years ago, there was a series of films on german television titled "Last chance to see" (Die letzten ihrer Art). The 15 minutes films featured the last, often the only representative of a craft, basket weavers, turners, book binders, rope makers, that manufacture in the old traditional ways.

@ Alan: thank you for posting this