eWaterpower, a company that specialises in providing electricity through waterpower throughout the UK and France, and one of our Corporate Friends, has asked us to circulate the following petition. The petition implores the Lords to reconsider what is described by the petitioner as the Government’s significant withdrawal of support to increase renewable energy capacity within…
Author: Liz Bartram
Oldland Windmill: then and now
Two images, one taken in the early 1900s and the second taken just last week, make for an interesting comparison. The Chairman of Oldland Mill Trust, Stuart Meier, was inspired to take a photo of the mill just last week, with a light dusting of snow. Since then he came across an older image held…
Grinding plate mill spindle looking for a good home
The team at White Mill in Sandwich, Kent, have come across a grinding plate mill spindle and are keen to offer it to a good home. It has no base or any other parts, but may be suitable for restoration. If you are interested please can you send me an email (friends@millsarchive.org) and I will…
Sign to support Brixton Windmill’s Education Programme
The Friends of Windmill Gardens (FoWG), who run Brixton Windmill, have launched an online petition to save the education project at the mill. Continue to read to find a link to the online petition. You can sign the petition here. They urgently need to persuade Lambeth Council not to delay its plans for a new building…
Heage Windmill urgent repairs – can you help?
There has been a lot of behind the scenes action by Heage Windmill Society since the discovery, just over a month ago, of wet rot in the fan and the main supports for the cap and sails at Heage windmill. The extent of the damage has been largely determined and a course of action needed…
Can you help us identify the mill in this postcard?
One of our regular volunteers, Tom Hine, spotted this postcard and we are having trouble deciphering the spidery handwriting! Could you decipher the name of the mill in the note, or perhaps you even recognise the mill on the front of the postcard? Here is a photo of the handwritten text on the back of…
Oldland Windmill grinds again, with a little help from Jess
Gordon King, volunteer at Oldland Windmill, filmed an important event at the mill when it was powered once again to grind corn, but this time with some help from Jess. Jess is a Marshall Traction Engine, built in 1908. Read on to find the link to the video clip. Peter Sheppard of Oldland Windmill, tells…
Exploring one of our Friends’ privileges: high-resolution images
Did you know that as a Friend you can download 5 free high-resolution images from our catalogue, every month? To mark the launch of our new website and online catalogue and to thank our supporters, we introduced a new privilege for our Friends. As a Friend, you can log onto our website and browse our…
Mystery mill identified – but do you know more?
Someone recently got in touch with us about a photograph from his great grandfather’s collection. It shows what was – until yesterday – an unidentified watermill, and makes for a striking image. The watermill has now been identified as Newark Mill in Surrey, which was destroyed by fire in 1966. The photo is believed to…
Job advert: Learning and Engagement Manager
We are recruiting for a paid position that is central to our new HLF-funded project, Quern to Computer. We are looking for someone to coordinate and promote the development and implementation of the learning and engagement aspects of the Quern to Computer programme, in particular the coordination and delivery of an online timeline and the…