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Gems of the Archive: Of War and Waterwheels
You may be familiar with the artist Sir Alfred Munnings, known for his impressive oil paintings of everything equine: from elegant race horses, to majestic hunting steeds, to quaint pastoral scenes featuring portly ponies blending into an idyllic, English landscape.
Gems of the Archive: The Women Who Mill Alone
In recognition of International Women’s Day on 8th March, in this week’s blog we are showing our appreciation for women in milling by featuring two formidable female millers. Milling: a man’s job in a man’s world, or so it certainly
Gems of the Archive: Drama, Scandal and Mills
With a title that sounds like it comes straight from a John le Carré spy novel, our Gems of the Archive story featuring the unusual life of Karl Wood is an intrepid tale of adventure and scandal, passion and faith.
Articles
Mills to Megawatts: A visit to the Institution of Engineering and Technology Archives
Records in the IET Archives reading room. Having embarked on the ‘Mills to Megawatts’ project to document and tell the...
North Leverton Windmill
Letting the cat out of the bag
I doubt that many people have ever heard the name Judson Moss Bemis or his brother Stephen, who would introduce...
30 Years Milling
This blog is based on several oral history interviews with our founder Mildred Cookson about her time as the miller...
