Rumours have been circulating for a few years that the mill would close, but when the news was announced it sent shock waves through the plant. 40 staff are to be made redundant.
Grain used to be brought in by barge from Avonmouth and Sharpness, travelling up the River Severn and into the River Avon to berth at the mill. In the 1990s just 2 barges were used, but they were laid up at Tewkesbury in 1998, where they still are moored today.
See The Grain Trade for the story of the grain barges
TIRLEY and CHACELEY at Gloucester
