Month: March 2017

5 reasons to join the Great British Mill Race this spring

Finally – the days are getting longer and the weather is improving (well, mostly!). High time to to get out...

Help get this beautiful Brill Windmill book published by securing your copy

If you love windmills, you may well have visited Brill’s 17th-century post mill up on Brill Common. Photographer Tim Andrew...

Unusual Upminster Shots: Repairing and Landscaping

We’ve just received these intriguing snapshots of Upminster Windmill as it undergoes repair and restoration ahead of its reopening. Willem...

Peter Dolman Collection

Peter Dolman was a millwright and mill expert from Suffolk. His extensive collection contains photographs and research on wind and watermills throughout the...

Happy St Patrick’s Day: can you help us find out more about mills in Ireland?

As St Patrick’s Day gets underway, I thought I should share with you this article written by a recent Mills...

Derek Ogden Collection

A millwright for many years, Derek Ogden repaired mills throughout the UK until he moved to the USA in 1974,...

International Women’s Day: a campaigner for mills and women’s rights…

Since International Women’s Day is now upon us, it seems apt to pay homage to some of the heroines of...

Geoff Holman Collection

Geoff Holman came from a family of millwrights, the Holmans of Canterbury, and this milling connection in his family sparked a life...

RIP Michael Harverson (1937 – 2017)

We are sorry to announce that Michael died on Thursday 2 March. He will be greatly missed by his many...

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