Author: Liz Bartram

International Women’s Day: a campaigner for mills and women’s rights…

Since International Women’s Day is now upon us, it seems apt to pay homage to some of the heroines of...

On a roll: the world’s first roller flour mill archive and library!

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded £40,000 by the Garfield Weston Foundation, which has its own...

Rotten Heritage!

Cliff Featherston of Upminster Windmill has sent us this striking photograph. It shows the cap frame during dismantling prior to...

Local archive detectives join the ranks!

The Archive recently enjoyed a visit from Wokingham U3A as part of a collaborative effort between our two organisations. The...

The Mills Archive becomes a nationally accredited archive!

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded archive accreditation by the National Archives. The badge of accreditation...

Sacrewell Mill wins Project of the Year at regional awards

A £1.8m restoration of an 18th century grade II* listed watermill near Peterborough won Project of the Year at the...

5 reasons why we are grateful for our volunteers

Today is the start of National Volunteers’ Week (extended this year from 1st to 12th June). For those of you...

The Eling Experience comes to the Mills Archive

Last week we enjoyed a visit from a group based at The Eling Experience in Hampshire, who were looking for...

Nuts & Bolters: new project announced!

The Mills Archive Trust has received a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Sharing Heritage grant. This exciting project, Nuts & Bolters,...

Helping people at mills to care for their own collections

Last week we ran another of our training workshops called “Caring for your Collection”. This workshop was attended by people...

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