Hello everyone! As some of you may already know, our very own Mildred Cookson writes regular articles in the ‘Milling and Grain’ magazine on behalf of the Mills Archive. The magazine is published by Perendale Publishers, which is an Archive Patron, so being able to contribute some of our findings and interests to the magazine…
Author: Becky Spokes
Oldland Windmill powered by steam once more
Hello everyone! I wanted to do a big shout out and congratulations today to our Friends at Oldland Windmill who have been featured in Vintage Spirit magazine for their unique steam powered windmill (you can see the steam engine in this photo, which was kindly provided by the team at Oldland). It is great to…
Holman Bros., Millwrights of Canterbury
Hello everyone! You might remember me briefly mentioning Guy’s presentation at the SPAB meeting a few months ago on the Holman Brothers, Millwrights of Canterbury. Well I am pleased to announce that Guy has created some webpages related to the months of work on the completion of the book on the history of the Holman…
The Mills Archive Research Competition 2016
Hello everyone! Great news – the Mills Archive will be holding its Research Competition for the 3rd time and we want you to enter! Now before I tell you everything you need to know about the competition, I would like to share a word I only heard today – the word is ‘molinological’. I know…
Sacrewell Watermill to reopen after £1.4 million renovations
Hello everyone! I would like to draw your attention today to Sacrewell Watermill, one of our Heritage Partners. You might recognise the name because we wrote a small blog previously about the Sacrewell Watermill Restoration Project. Well I am now pleased to say that the project is very nearly complete and the official opening weekend…
Oldland Mill Song
Hello everyone! Now some of you may recognise the name ‘Oldland Windmill’ because they were the winners of the English Heritage Angel Awards in 2014 when it was voted for the Angel Award for the English Heritage Followers’ and Telegraph Reader’s favourite. I found a bit about the history of the restorations for Oldland Windmill, one of…
White Mill
Hello everyone! I am happy to announce that we have a new Heritage Partner! White Mill in Sandwich! Of course I have been browsing their website and I want to tell you a bit about them. The mill itself is a smock mill and was built in 1760. It was restored between 1960 and 1981…
What is Kate up to?
Hello everyone! By now you have probably read Kate’s first blog as an intern. I don’t want to repeat anything so I just had a quick chat with her about how she was getting on with the Rex Wailes collection. Kate will have lots of interesting things to say in her next blog but as…
The Garden Party was a success!
Hello everyone! On Saturday we finally had our Mills Archive Summer Garden Party and even though it wasn’t cracking the pavements sunny, the garden still looked lovely and I think everyone who came managed to have a wander round at some point without having to take shelter! However, we were discussing that maybe we should…
National Volunteers’ Week 1st – 7th June
Hello everyone! National Volunteers’ Week is fast approaching in the first week of June and it is another great chance to highlight how much the volunteers here at the Mills Archive do and possibly encourage more of you to volunteer too! Volunteers’ Week is a great opportunity for us to publicise the archives and let…