1. Part of the main mill and the mill ponds have now gone. 2. The mill pond is still maintained in good order although it is smaller, formerly extending right up to the back wall. 3. The mill pond no longer exists, its place now taken by two fast-flowing streams. 4. The yard was cleared, the mill pond dug out and an extensive programme of rebuilding and renovation carried out. 5. To aid drainage of the area, the Leadon has been culverted, so much of the mill pond is dry. 6. Under their control, a huge new mill pond was constructed, to feed the five water wheels that powered the mill. 7. The area around the mill pond has also been landscaped. 8. The Mill Yard, the derelict former mill and the associated mill pond in Scorton were mentioned as examples of what should not be allowed to happen. 9. Life is not just sailing through on a mill pond with sort of red sails in the sunset and that idyllic picture, life is not like that. 10. And the sea was, it was as calm as the mill pond. |