Our new training workshop – Caring for your Collection – is being held at the Archive next week. Preparations are well under way, as you can see in the photo taken in the Founders’ Room. We gained this room earlier in the year and have designed it to comfortably accommodate training workshops and other meetings…
Author: Liz Bartram
Derelict mill to gain a new lease of life
An abandoned mill site in Liverpool is set to see a major regeneration programme that will repurpose the buildings as luxury apartments. Heap’s Rice Mill was once the provider of rice for Kellogg’s Rice Krispies among other products, and first began production in the 1780s. You can read about the new development on the BBC…
Mill Models: Can you help?
One of our Heritage Partners is creating an educational display and they are on the lookout for 3 mill models each representing a smock, post and tower mill. Do you have any models that you are willing to donate to this good cause, or do you know of anyone who is looking to get rid…
Upcoming new logo and website as seen in Mill Memories!
Our Autumn edition of Mill Memories is hot off the press and on its way to our Friends. Did you spot our new logo? The latest newsletter will be arriving on our Friends’ doorsteps soon. There are a number of fascinating articles highlighting just some of our material, such as our attractive milling journals and…
Crime TV series covers millstone thefts
Tune in to BBC2 on Monday 8th 7.05am to watch a Street Patrol episode that talks about the robbery of millstones from Jill Windmill in Sussex back in February 2013. A trustee of the Jack and Jill Windmills Society will be talking about the event on the TV programme, over one year since it happened.…
Mills Archive to the rescue
We have just received a fascinating collection of material that otherwise faced an uncertain future. The stunning editions of the Northwestern Miller, a US publication that ran for a number of decades, were kindly donated by the Satake Centre for Grain Process Engineering prior to relocation. This particular collection, dating from the early- to mid-1900s…
Paul Jarvis: In Memoriam
We are sad to announce the death of a long-standing and loyal supporter of the Archive, Paul Jarvis. Paul was a generous supporter of The Mills Archive since our charity first began operating. He was also deeply involved in Crabble Corn Mill in Dover, where he worked as the Chairman of the Friends of Crabble…
Eling Tide Mill gets worldwide attention
Eling Tide Mill in Hampshire recently received international coverage when recruitment for a new miller began. Considered one of the rarest jobs in Britain as there are so few working tide mills left, Medieval History graduate Matthew Painter was selected for the unusual role of the new miller. Matthew is learning directly from Eling’s current…
Oldland Mill Anniversary Walk
Join other mill enthusiasts on a walk this Sunday, organised by our Friends at Oldland Mill, West Sussex. This Sunday 11th May at 11.00, our Friends at Oldland Mill invite you to join them on an Anniversary Walk celebrating the fundraising efforts of Reg Adsett 30 years ago. 11th May is the 30th anniversary of…
Mills Archive success in winning HLF grant!
The Mills Archive has won a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to extend and improve our Friends organisation. The grant forms part of the HLF’s Catalyst scheme to improve the long-term viability of charities such as ours. The funding for our project – Making friends, engaging people – will offer us several strategic opportunities and will…