Bobbins are cool

Most of the sites we have visited have been part of English Heritage are castles and most of the time are in ruins.  Today we visited a working heritage site, Stott Park Bobbin Mill.  It was established around 1830 and made wooden bobbins.  The bobbins were made from the local wood and the machinery/lathes were powered originally by a water wheel, later a steam engine and finally a huge electric motor.

The best part of the visit was that the equipment still worked and the tourguide made some bobbins using the original tools and machinery while talking about the history of location.