Read on for updates on the Great British Mill Race and to find out how you can take part. NEW POSTER! Preparation for the Great British Mill Race is well underway. As our launch date nears (14-15 May 2016 to tie in with the SPAB National Mills Weekend), we are working closely with our IT developers…
Author: Claire Wooldridge
From Quern to Computer project update: get ready for the ‘Great British Mill Race’
Progress on the interactive timeline and national mills survey elements of our HLF funded ‘From Quern to Computer’ (Q2C) project continue apace. Read on for an update and to find out more about your chance to take part in our new campaign: the ‘Great British Mill Race’… THE GREAT BRITISH MILL RACE: HOW YOU CAN…
‘Reading at t’ mill’: report on talk by University of Reading lecturer Dr Nicola Wilson
Last weekend, as part of ‘Being Human’ (the UK’s only festival of the humanities), Dr Nicola Wilson of the University of Reading’s English Department gave a talk entitled ‘Reading at t’ mill’. Attendees also heard from our very own Mildred Cookson on the foundation of the Mills Archive, her experience in the milling industry and…
Many a Marvellous Miller of Movember!
Mark Movember with Millers and their moustaches! To mark Movember we’ve mined our collections to bring you our most marvellous miller moustaches! We’re gathering these together over on Flickr. We hope you enjoy these pictures – please get in touch if you have more to add, or can help us name an as of yet ‘unidentified’…
From Quern to Computer: it begins!
Hello all – I’m Claire and I started in my role as Learning and Engagement Manager on the Heritage Lottery Funded ‘From Quern to Computer’ project here at MAT at the start of October 2015. I previously worked here as a volunteer during a summer break from Uni, so it’s been lovely to return to the wonderful team…
Women in Milling
After spending the summer volunteering at The Mills Archive, I have now completed my project regarding the role of women in the milling industry. The pages are now available as part of the new Themes section on this site. I have produced a series of web pages from my research, which I hope will be…
Women in milling
1: Women in milling: A social history2: Milling: background social history3: How do women fit in?4: The role of women in the milling industry5: How were women directly involved in the milling industry?6: Widows7: Daughters8: How were women indirectly involved in the milling industry?9: The destiny of the small local miller10: The 20th century and…
Women millers?
As a volunteer at the Mills Archive, I am currently working on a social history project regarding the role of women in the milling industry. Do you have any information or comments? So far I have focused largely on the nineteenth century, and have been using the books held at the Archive alongside the online…