History
The Silk Mill House is now Redbourn Museum. It is all that remains of a steam driven silk mill, Woollams Mill, which occupied this site from 1857 to 1938. Here raw silk from cocoons was washed and “thrown” into a yarn suitable for weaving. The mill was demolished to make way for a Brooke Bond tea factory. The new factory was built on an extended site in 1960 but this closed in 1994, the site now covered by housing. Brooke Bond generously passed Silk Mill House on to Redbourn Parish Council for use as a museum. The museum opened in May 2000 and is managed by the Trustees of Redbourn Village Historical and Museum Group Ltd and is staffed entirely by volunteers.
Trustees
John Ridgwell Chairman, Membership Secretary, Newsletter Editor
Roy Woods Deputy Chairman
Diane Whiskin Trustee
Susan Aldridge Assistant Curator
Sandra Langstone Treasurer
James Millers Local & Family Historian
Mark Webb Local & Family Historian
David Forbes Company Secretary & Legal Advisor
Cat Newley Professional Museum Advisor
Victoria Mead Events Committee
Pauline Ridgwell Chair, Events Committee
Co-opted Committee Members
Colin O'Donovan Parish Council Liaison
Tom Finnis I.T. advisor
Contact any of the above by e-mail [email protected]
Friends of the Museum
If you would like to be kept informed about events at the museum through a quarterly newsletter and receive occasional discounted admission to events, you can join the Friends of Redbourn Village Museum. Subscriptions from Friends are an important source of income and help us to maintain free entry to the museum. Please click on the link below for details of subscription rates and to download an application form.
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