Once again its almost that time of year for the annual Ole Mill Crank-Up at Ole Gilliam Mill Park located about 4 miles west of Sanford along Hwy 42. This year it will be the 28th annual Ole Mill Crank-Up which will be as always the weekend after Mother's Day, this year on the 17th and 18th of May, 2008.
OK, so I've employed the gnomes with coffee for advertising this upcoming event as any other photos used would have probably been repeats from a huge selection already buried deep within my photo gallery here. So... these gnomes do get around don't they!
Photo made May 15, 2005
Plenty of photos coming from May 17th
Just waiting on the moderators to post them as of this morning (the 18th). The 28th annual Ole Mill Crank-Up at Ole Gilliam Mill Park continues today (May 18th) so if anyone plans on going, there's still more time. By the way, yesterday I tried posting only those photos which I haven't already got copies of in my archives so if you would like to see some of the rest which is out there just click on the 'Ole Gilliam Mill Park' tag below this picture (and also after yesterday's photos show up here). More should be coming soon as I have yet to finish sorting out a whole memory card's worth of new photos from the 17th of May, and if the weather cooperates today, I may return for Sunday's (May 18th) activities too (which would add more potential photos to upload in the future). Overall we had a great time even if gas prices made the crowds somewhat smaller this year, plus there were a few more demonstrations and activities which were not present in years previous too and this was good. These added activities change from year to year while others have now become pretty much permanant fixtures here at the annual Ole Mill crank-Ups.
Also just making a note here, this event is family friendly and also provides quite a bit of good wholesome fun and education for all concerning how life was like in a village of yesteryear, thanks to all the hard work that Worth Pickard and family has put into this place for about 3 decades since they started constructing the grist mill (Ole Gilliam Mill), which is a faithful reproduction of the original Gilliam Mill which washed out during a flood only a few hundered yards downstream in 1928 and is the central theme for this much expanded park now.