Weaving Hampshire tweeds at an old mill that stood idle for a hundred years . An old mill at Fordingbridge in the New Forest , Hampshire , that has stood idle for 100 years has come to life again . It is weaving into tweeds wool from the flocks that graze on Salisbury Plain , and it is hoped to make Hampshire tweeds as famous as the Harris variety . The machines for which the ancient sluices are providing power have been brought down from Westmorland , and expert woolmen have been brought from the North also . The new mill owner is Major C T Napier . The spinning mule . 16 January 1934