Hello everyone, I was having another wander around the garden today and I have noticed lots of Allium Purple Sensations have shot up everywhere! They have long stems with a deep purple ball-like flower at the top and apparently they are long-lasting so perhaps you will see them if you are coming to the garden…
Author: Becky Spokes
Burwell Windmill and Museum
Hello everyone! I hope you all made the most of National Mills Weekend last week. If you have any fun stories or fancy telling us about anything interesting you visited then please let us know, we’d love to hear about it! The past few weeks have been extremely busy at the Archive not only because…
National Mills Weekend 9th – 10th May 2015
Hello everyone! As some of you may already know, National Mills Weekend is coming up. It is on the 9th and 10th of May and is an annual festival celebrating the UK’s milling heritage. Watermills and windmills all over the country that aren’t usually open to the public will be opening their doors to visitors.…
The Garden Party is approaching!
Hello everyone, just a reminder to tell you that the Friends’ Garden Party is happening on Saturday 13th June. Earlier this week, I sat on the steps in the garden of the Mills Archive for lunch. There was not a cloud in sight and the flowers have now bloomed into enormous red and yellow tulips!…
Have you read Mill Memories yet?
It is time for our Spring Mill Memories newsletter and this issue has got lots to keep all our Friends informed and up to date with what we are up to here at the Archive. Read about our new workshop which teaches people how to properly care for their collections. The staff here are passionate…
The new website and catalogue are up!
Hello everyone! I am very pleased to announce that the new Mills Archive website and catalogue is now up and running! The best thing about the new website and catalogue is that the two are integrated, in other words, when you search for something on the website, it includes every relevant item from both the…
The Northwestern Miller
Update: As of April 2023, the Mills Archive Trust has digitised and made available online a decade’s worth of Northwestern Miller magazines—1930–1939. This project was made possible through grant funding and fills a gap in the digitisations of the magazine available online elsewhere. For more information on the project, please email outreach@millsarchive.org. To view the…
Spring at the Mills Archive!
Hello everyone! Today I came into the Mills Archive and was greeted by Charlie sniffing me. I should mention that Charlie is a beautiful dog belonging to Michael Jones the House Manager. Michael has started planting bulbs ready for summer all around Watlington House and this year the Mills Archive staff have done their bit…
Meet Guy!
I don’t usually come into the Mills Archives on Fridays but I am really glad I did last week because I was introduced to Guy Boocock. The name may ring a bell because Guy has volunteered here 2 days a week since November 2010 and has accomplished some really amazing things in his time as…
How did the SPAB meeting go?
As you know, last week Ron, Mildred, Guy, Nataliya and Liz travelled down to London at a crazy hour in the morning to prepare for the Spring SPAB meeting and the Mills Archive bookshop. Liz and Nataliya got the 7am train to London which, as a seriously NON-morning person, makes me feel a little queasy…