This talk will take you through the history of the site, why it is here in Shrewsbury, who built it, its 90 years as a Flaxmill and its 90 years as a Maltings taking us right up to the present day and its current refurbishment thanks to a National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant of £20.7m
Penny is one of the founding members of the Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings, and sits on the Board of Trustees. Penny is the lead for the Friends’ historical research activities, which have focused on identifying those who worked at the Flax Mill in the nineteenth century, and then endeavouring to find out more about their lives and community.
