Mainly Rank Hovis & Spillers Milling

And the imposing front view of Spillers’ Millennium Mills after re-opening in 1953. Originally built by Vernons in 1903, it was a Spillers acquistion when they bought Vernons. This mill was completely destroyed in the London Blitz of 1940 when it received something like 17 direct bomb hits. It was then rebuilt by 1953 when it was the largest output flour mill outside of the USA. Millenium Mills had also been destroyed in 1917 by the Great Silvertown Munitions Explosion, the causes of which and details, have never been fully explained and are still subject to the Official Secrets Act under the 100 years rule. Unused for 20 years the building still exits, it is Grade 2 listed, and several re-development plans have been mooted over the years, but a bit like Battersea Power Station nothing ever seems to come of them.

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