Month: June 2018

Gems of the Archive: Trailblazing the way for Women’s Votes

With the gem page beginning to take shape, I thought I would share with you another peek at what I...

Introducing Lucy, the new Development Assistant – and her first trip to a mill!

Hello everyone, I’m Lucy and I joined the Mills Archive at the beginning of June as the new Development Assistant....

A direct hit

‘By a piece of singular good fortune, no one was killed.’ This book called A Train Errant shines a light on a...

Germans reborn

Mills are often used as a symbol of rebirth. This intriguing Gem is a pre-First World War postcard entitled ‘The...

Introducing Chris: The Archive’s new Gemfinder

This week we’re excited to have a new member of the team on board: meet Chris, our brand new summer...

Early photography

by Lydia Smith and Christopher Viney Fundamental changes in the ways mills worked and the effects they had on people’s...

Disasters

Mills are fabulous buildings; however, they are also incredibly fragile, and unfortunately they sometimes suffer huge disasters. See the items...

A brush with death

“It was then that she heard the bloodcurdling screams of her stricken husband.” This contemporary sketch was sold following a...

Gems of the Archive: The surprising link between the Mills Archive and WWI trains

Hello everyone! As Lucy mentioned last week I’m Chris and I am the new intern, I’m a Second Year History...

Curious quern

This Quern is thousands of years old and is one of the earliest ancestors of modern milling. This ancient Gem...

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