Six generations of Flour Milling & Rusk Manufacture by the Wood Family
| 1954 | Thomas H Wood starts at Birstwith Mill after National Service and trains at Henry Simon Ltd |
| 1961 | George Bland Wood retires age 84! FT Wood & Sons Ltd are sold to Staveley Industries, who, six months later sell it on again to Lucas, part of Spillers Ltd. |
| 1962 | Ernest Wood dies and Birstwith Mill is run by Thomas H Wood |
| 1970 | The Turbine is removed and water is no longer used to power the Mill |
