Month: June 2020

Saint Anthony’s Fire and Brimstone: Daily Bread or Daily Dread?

Everybody knows about the dangers of eating wild plants, and even experienced nature-lovers have to be careful when picking woodland...

Mills make the world go round

By Mildred Cookson and Nathanael Hodge Mills are most well known for grinding corn into flour. However, over the centuries...

Why I chose the Mills Archive Trust to start my voluntary work

One of our volunteers, Noor, has written about her experience at the Mills Archive: I am sure everyone has their...

The Devil’s Mill

The issue of The Miller dated 5 May 1930 contains this story about the ‘Devil’s Mill’ A miller’s apprentice loved...

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