{"id":93,"date":"2015-09-04T19:40:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T18:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2015-12-13T14:36:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T14:36:39","slug":"ainscoughs-mill","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/index.php\/industry\/ainscoughs-mill\/","title":{"rendered":"Ainscough&#8217;s Mill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-93\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-93-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-93-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-93-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Aerial-view-c1972-courtesy-Philip-Fletcher-2-copy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-652\" src=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Aerial-view-c1972-courtesy-Philip-Fletcher-2-copy-1-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view c1972, courtesy Philip Fletcher (2) copy 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Aerial-view-c1972-courtesy-Philip-Fletcher-2-copy-1-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Aerial-view-c1972-courtesy-Philip-Fletcher-2-copy-1.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Aerial View of <span class=\"highlightNode\">Ainscough<\/span>'s Mill and the surrounding area, c1972.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Photo courtesy - Philip Fletcher).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-93-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-93-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img294-2-copy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-659\" src=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img294-2-copy-1-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"img294 (2) copy 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img294-2-copy-1-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img294-2-copy-1.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"id_56368e063ac952987661206\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Workers at <span class=\"highlightNode\">Ainscough<\/span>'s Mill, c1920s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Left to right: unknown 1, <span class=\"highlightNode\">Luke<\/span> Hunter, unknown 2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"highlightNode\">Luke<\/span> later went on to open 'Hunters' shop in Burscough Village. (Photo courtesy - Danny Hunter).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-93-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-93-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-93-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img149-copy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-653\" src=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img149-copy-1-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"img149 copy 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img149-copy-1-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img149-copy-1.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Evelyn Fletcher in the laboratory at <span class=\"highlightNode\">Ainscough<\/span>'s Mill, Burscough, where testing of the flour is carried out, c1950s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Photo courtesy - John and Ann Bradshaw).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-93-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-93-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/13th-March-2013-4-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-667\" src=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/13th-March-2013-4-copy-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"13th March 2013 (4) copy\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/13th-March-2013-4-copy-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/13th-March-2013-4-copy.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ainscough's Sunset, <span class=\"highlightNode\">13th March<\/span> 2013. This photo was the inspiration for the website's logo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-93-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-93-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-93-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img259-copy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-670\" src=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img259-copy-1-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"img259 copy 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img259-copy-1-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img259-copy-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img259-copy-1.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The roller floor, <span class=\"highlightNode\">Ainscough<\/span>'s Mill, c1980.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Photo courtesy - John and Ann Bradshaw).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-93-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-93-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img258-copy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-671\" src=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img258-copy-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"img258 copy 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img258-copy-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img258-copy-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img258-copy-1.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"highlightNode\">Ainscough<\/span>'s Mill, wheat bins and volumetric blenders, c1980.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Photo courtesy - John and Ann Bradshaw).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-93-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-93-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-93-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img257-copy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-672\" src=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img257-copy-1-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"img257 copy 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img257-copy-1-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img257-copy-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img257-copy-1.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"highlightNode\">Ainscough<\/span>'s Mill, top floor, pneumatic conveying cyclones, c1980.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Photo courtesy - John and Ann Bradshaw).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-93-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-93-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img261-copy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-675\" src=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img261-copy-1-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"img261 copy 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img261-copy-1-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img261-copy-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img261-copy-1.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"highlightNode\">Ainscough<\/span>'s Mill, top of the flour bins, c1980.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Photo courtesy - John and Ann Bradshaw).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-93-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-93-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-93-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img272-Copy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-658\" src=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img272-Copy-1-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"img272 - Copy 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img272-Copy-1-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img272-Copy-1.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"highlightNode\">Ainscough<\/span>'s Mill workers, early 1900s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Left - right: unknown 1, unknown 2, Peter Kershaw, unknown 3, unknown 4. (Photo courtesy - David Lindon Rimmer).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-93-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-93-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img308-copy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-660\" src=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img308-copy-1-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"img308 copy 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img308-copy-1-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img308-copy-1.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ainscough's Mill, early 1900s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-93-5\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-93-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-93-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"10\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img263-Copy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-654\" src=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img263-Copy-1-300x281.jpg\" alt=\"img263 - Copy 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img263-Copy-1-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img263-Copy-1.jpg 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ainscough's wagons, c1980.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Photo courtesy - John and Ann Bradshaw).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-93-5-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-93-5-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img422-Copy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-661\" src=\"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img422-Copy-1-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"img422 - Copy 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img422-Copy-1-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/img422-Copy-1.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"highlightNode\">Ainscough<\/span>'s Mill Staff, c1985.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Left - right: Bill Aspinall, Dickie Harrison, Bill Harrison, Ken Callander, Jimmy Clarkson, John Loveday, Pat Tucker, Eric Pawson, Tom Draper, Walter Aspinall, Philip Fletcher, Raymond Birchall, Bill Disley, Tony Fisher, Charles Boyer, Brian Starkey, Geoff Hawkes, Brian Disley. (Photo courtesy - John and Ann Bradshaw).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aerial View of Ainscough&#8217;s Mill and the surrounding area, c1972.(Photo courtesy &#8211; Philip Fletcher). Workers at Ainscough&#8217;s Mill, c1920s.Left to right: unknown 1, Luke Hunter, unknown 2.Luke later went on to open &#8216;Hunters&#8217; shop in Burscough Village. (Photo courtesy &#8211; Danny Hunter). 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