Posts Tagged ‘Ransfords’
A new Co-op store for Bishop’s Castle is on the way – but first we have to clear the site
An exciting proposal to build a new Co-op store on land we own on the edge of our sawmill has passed all the planning hurdles and work has started on the demolition of the empty building which stands on the site. Local people will know the building as one that stood behind the old Countrywide…
Read MoreIt’s the early bird that catches the worm
You can see daylight arriving in these shots from our very early delivery to a site near Hull. It’s one of two loads of Highways treated post and rail fencing going in today. We and our customers have had a really busy start to the year…and long may that continue for us all!
Read MoreLocal forest, local logs, local timber – all cut and treated by local people
Remember that timber from Bury Ditches harvested and hauled to the mill by local firms? It’s now been transformed in our mill from round bits to square bits and here it is going in for treatment to prolong its serviceable life. It’s all thanks to some very impressive machinery, equally impressive systems, and a team…
Read MoreAn owl’s eye view of our mill
We’re grateful as ever to AW Jenkinson driver Ray Powell for these stunning drone images of our mill at night just before we switch off all but the security lights. That’s Ray’s rig towards the bottom of the top image with a load of logs coming into the mill. The pictures here and others we’ve…
Read MoreMore on the harvesting at Bury Ditches
Here are some more images from the harvesting going on at Bury Ditches. The GIF show the location and the logs being loaded to go to the mill. The last frame is a justifiably happy Simon Flack of SJF Timber as another load goes on its way The video shows Simon bringing logs up to…
Read MoreLocal heroes
We’re back at work today and what better way to start the year than with the delivery of a load of logs from Bury Ditches which is within sight of the Mill. The logs are from a Forestry Commission holding near the ancient fort. They were harvested by SJF Forestry of Minsterley near here and…
Read MoreBack to work on Monday – and ready to go
The mill re-opens on Monday 8th January after a break for the holidays and the chance to catch up on some much-needed maintenance. We’re more than ready for action with vast stockpiles of logs waiting to go through the mill. The logs in the picture will keep us going for a day. All of the…
Read MoreGreat feedback from a firewood customer
It was heartening to receive this message in an email to Alice on the weighbridge here “Good morning Alice, Just a quick line to acknowledge safe receipt of our logs yesterday and to give acknowledgement to Ron’s excellent service. Offloading the first four bags outside my garage on the ‘short’ drive was simple enough, but…
Read MoreLet’s hear it for Great British Timber
Watch out for our new pack signs which bang the drum for our home grown timber as loads make their way from our mill in Bishop’s Castle to various parts of the UK. Forestry and sawmilling is worth £2 billion each year to the UK economy and creates around 80,000 jobs – mostly in rural…
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