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Activity: Traditional flour mill museum in the Village of Athienou

The increased production of ready-made bread as well as the increased demand for flour led the owners of commercial bakeries
buying flour from large mills. After 1974 its operations were limited to milling barley for animal feed and production of very small
amounts of wheat. In 1990 with the establishment of fodder factories from SPE (Department of the Coop Bank of Athienou) and

private mills for producing groats the flourmill was forced to suspend its operations. In 2000 Andreas Chatzitheocharous sold the
mill to Alkis Kepolas and in 2004 the Municipal Authorities of Athienou bought it for CYP28.000 (€47,000) to exploit it for touristic

purposes.

A second flour mill that operated in Athienou using slate pencil
and wood belonged to Stavros Stavridis from the village of Dali.
This mill was forced to dissolve operations when a third mill began

operations which belonged to Gregoris Papalexi. In 1931 Costas
Stavridis son Stavros Stavridis set up a new diesel mill in the

‘‘Gastra’’ area in the house that belonged to Athanasis
Michaelides that later came to the possession of Anastasis St.
Mestanas. Some years later they transferred the mill to Evagorou

Street, near Mestana’s Inn. Over the years, its owners changed
including Giannis Koumides, Nicholas Koumides and Nikos

Vyzakos. Its last owner was Kostas Stavroullis Chatzichristofis
who bought the mill in1966 and turned it into an electric one. Up
to date the mill is still occasionally working to produce groats,

lentils, bitter vetch, vetch, chickpeas.
Mr. Yiannis Lambrou and the son of the unforgettable Andreas

Chatzitheocharous, Michalis, provided most of the above
information.

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