MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Gloria]

Is it for crushing stone?

[Stanley]

Not stone Gloria but a hard substance. You are getting so close, think about china tea cups!

[Gloria]

Bones?

[PanBiker]

Are the grinders for handling and refining the clay?

[Stanley]

Gloria has got there. These are the grinding pans at Shirley's Bone mill where they calcified bones in a furnace and then ground them in water to produce a slurry that added the bone to the clay for fine bone china.
Now we need another object.

[Stanley]

Can you tell me what this is?

[Gloria]

Don’t know what it is, but there’s an interesting bit of scaffolding above the wooden trough.

[Stanley]

That's a clue Gloria. The Lake District was under full renovation by English Heritage......

[Gloria]

I’m stuck now.

[PanBiker]

Is it a simple lathe for stripping bark from narrow tree trunks?

[Stanley]

You have got it Ian. Its the bed of one of the lathes at Stott Park, the Bobbin Mill restored by EH. Now we need another object!