| 1848 |
Thomas Wood comes to Birstwith to mange 'Greenwoods' Cotton
Mill (b.1815, d. 1888) |
| 1860 |
Rollermills replace 'Stones' |
| 1864 |
Cotton Mill closes, Thomas Wood takes over Flour Mill |
| 1890 |
Water Wheel removed, Turbine installed |
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Mill becomes FT & G Wood |
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Frederick T (FT) Wood goes to work for Uncle at Bishop Monkton & Ripon
Mills |
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FT returns to Birstwith to join younger brother George, elder brother
William goes to Bishop Monkton & Ripon Mills |
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George B Wood joins FT at Birstwith with younger brother Freddie, brother
Arthur goes to Bishop Monkton & Ripon Mills |
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Business becomes FT Wood & Sons |
| 1900 |
George goes to Pateley Bridge Mill |
| 1901 |
FT Wood starts to manufacture 'Crisps' or Rusk as it is known
today on a Bread & Tea Cake plant |
| 1908 |
Pateley Bridge Mill closes |
| 1914-18 |
Bakery reverts back to Bread making for troops stationed in
Ripon |
| 1949 |
Mill site bought from the Greenwood family at the estate sale |
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Business becomes FT Wood & Sons Ltd, managed by Ernest and brothers,
John (accountant) & Geoffrey (sales) |
| 1954 |
Thomas Wood starts at the Mill |
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FT Wood & Son Ltd sold to Staveley Industries, sold on again to
Lucas who become part of Spillers. |
| 1961 |
George Bland Wood retires age 84! |
| 1970 |
Turbine removed, water no longer used to power mill |
| 1973 |
Thomas H Wood leaves Spillers |
| 1974 |
Thomas H & Kathleen Wood start Ripon Select Foods Ltd |
| 1982 |
Sarah P Wood joins Ripon Select Foods Ltd |
| 1983 |
T Martin Wood joins Ripon Select Foods Ltd |
| 1984 |
Breadcrumb manufacturing plant installed |
| 1991 |
Battermix production starts |
| 1995 |
Flour Mill commissioned |
| 2005 |
T Martin Wood & Sarah P Cooper (nee Wood) become Joint Managing
Directors |
| 2006 |
New Blending Plant commissioned |
| 2008 |
Thomas H Wood receives MBE for services to the Food Industry & for
the local community |
