Posted on

Looking after your mill, 19th October 2012

Interest in the forthcoming one day course in popular maintenance series run by the Mills Section is such that we have decided to extend the period for discounted booking by two weeks. If you are interested in attending, you need to reserve your place by August 15th to save £25.

Poster Image

Full details may be found here and a booking form can be downloaded here.

The course will be held at the Mills Archive in Reading and has an array of authoritative and approachable speakers:

  • Philosophy and repair standards – Martin Watts
  • Fantails, windows and weatherboarding, brick and stonework – Vincent Pargeter
  • Maintaining a working mill – John Bedington
  • Waterwheels, shafts, gudgeons and gearing – Martin Watts
  • Recording and interpreting – Luke Bonwick
  • Maintenance of ancillary machinery & general issues of a working mill – Mildred Cookson

The facilities of the Archive add value to this appealing one-day event.