Month: April 2025

Letting the cat out of the bag

I doubt that many people have ever heard the name Judson Moss Bemis or his brother Stephen, who would introduce...

30 Years Milling

This blog is based on several oral history interviews with our founder Mildred Cookson about her time as the miller...

Funding secured from the Swire Charitable Trust for 2025 and 2026

We are pleased to have secured a grant from the Swire Charitable Trust to support the preservation of millwrighting skills. ...

The past, present and future of millwrighting

The history of a unique trade The uniqueness of millwrighting is also one of its greatest challenges. Once the preserve...

A Field Marshal, Two Rock Stars and a Cartoonist

What do these individuals have in common? They all owned or own watermills in southern and south-western counties of England....

Getting the Sack

Continuing our story of packaging flour in the US (see our previous blog), we move on from wooden barrels to...

Catgerories