Celebrate National Mills Weekend this Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 May by taking part in the Great British Mill Race. This weekend marks National Mills Weekend 2017, organised by the SPAB Mills Section. National Mills Weekend is the annual festival of our milling heritage and provides you with a fantastic opportunity to visit mills, many of which…
Author: Claire Wooldridge
5 reasons to join the Great British Mill Race this spring
Finally – the days are getting longer and the weather is improving (well, mostly!). High time to to get out and about to do some mill spotting… Take part in the Great British Mill Race competition and help us save a record of our milling heritage before it is lost forever. We need you to…
From Quern to Computer: a printed history of flour milling
Prefer something printed? Then our From Quern to Computer booklet is your ticket to discovering our flour milling history. The best bits of our timelines and extended From Quern to Computer articles have been drawn together in a printed booklet, featuring illustrations by graphic designer Ioulia Zoukova. From Quern to Computer: A History of Flour Milling is an accessible and interesting beginners guide to…
Working at the Mills Archive
My time working at the Mills Archive as Learning and Engagement Manager on the Heritage Lottery supported From Quern to Computer project has come to an end. It has been a pleasure to work on the project and meet some of you along the way. The time has flown by since I started working two…
Mills in the Snow
For a bit of festive fun, this month we’re sharing images of mills in the snow with you on social media. Since the start of December we’ve been sharing a few festive images of snow scenes from our archives with you. A gallery of the images can be seen in the ‘Mills in the Snow’…
Effortless ways to join the Great British Mill Race this winter
The nights may be drawing in but you can still take part in the Great British Mill Race. Send us your mill interior pictures or review our Mills Database from your computer, table or smartphone to see what you can help us update. Read on to see the latest prize winning entries. The Great British…
Sifting through flour milling history
What do you know about the history of flour milling? From Quern to Computer, our Heritage Lottery Fund supported project, focuses on how the stories of technological changes to flour milling and the development of our society are closely intertwined. We want to know what you think are the key developments of the flour milling. We are…
Is it a bird… is it a plane?
Read on to find out which entry to the Great British Mill Race has been awarded the most unusual mill picture prize. There’s still time to get your entries in – you could be our next prize winner! Like mills? Like prizes? Then enter the Great British Mill Race here: www.gbmillrace.org For some inspiration you can…
Summer in the south?
Holidaying this summer in Dorset, Cornwall, Devon, Hampshire, Sussex, Isle of Wight…? Send us your pictures and information relating to the mills of southern England for the Great British Mill Race. The Great British Mill Race – a competition where you can help us update our Mills Database by sending us your pictures and information -…
What do you know about Irish mills?
The Great British Mill Race: Send us your pictures and information relating to the mills of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The Great British Mill Race – a competition where you can help us update our Mills Database by sending us your pictures and information – is now up and running. Send us information…