William Hill regularly circulates a list of links to current media reports on windmills and watermills. I have copied his latest circular below. Comments welcome on the news items and on whether we should include the list in Mill Writing!
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=71396§ionid=351020105 800-year-old watermill found in Iran
http://www.questbg.com/en/property/renovating/621-unusual-homes ‘New’ Mills in Bulgaria
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Parakeets_destroying_precious_windmill&in_article_id=362878&in_page_id=34 Parquets in Croydon
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/Dome-just-tops-it-all.4621170.jp Elwick Windmill http://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/content/articles/2008/10/04/elwick_windmill_feature.shtml & http://www.sunderlandecho.com/daily/The-winds-of-change.4621285.jp
Oldland Windmill ground flour this week, for the first time in around 100 years http://www.oldlandwindmill.co.uk/
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=newsSomerset&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED29%20Oct%202008%2013%3A59%3A37%3A270Ashton Windmill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton_Windmill
http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/bed-news/Rescue-plan-sought-for-Flitwick.4609334.jp Rescue plan sought for Flitwick water mill
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews+articleid_2699473.html Dartington Tweed Mill re-opens & http://www.dartington.org/property-management/iconic-tweed-mill-grand-opening
More on John Silman’s Chesapeake story http://thechronicleherald.ca/Books/1089473.html (Can’t find the other websites in the article)
Best Wishes
William