Author: Liz Bartram

Benches and blooms

Sunny weather lifts most people’s spirits, and this week’s weather is no exception. While we’re a cheery group anyway, we’ve...

Upminster: the power of steam

Upminster Windmill, one of our Heritage Partners, was once part of a site that included a steam mill to meet...

Hidden message in postcard

One of our regular volunteers, Tom Hine, showed me a postcard he had noticed while sorting through a big stack...

In the skies above Jill Windmill

The Jack & Jill Windmills Society have unveiled a striking video of Jill Windmill from above. Also published on their...

Time-lapse video offers rare glimpse of Sacrewell Watermill’s restoration

Last year, the William Scott Abott Trust received over £1 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund to restore the watermill...

Merry Christmas from MAT!

It’s been an eventful year, with new collections and new people joining us at the Archive. We’ve seen a swell...

New artworks donated to the Archive

This week we received two new contrasting additions to our artwork. One is an impressive pencil drawing of Ramsey Mill...

£80,800 grant to restore Windmill Hill Windmill

We are delighted to announce that our Heritage Partner the Windmill Hill Windmill Trust has been awarded £80,800 from the...

Green fingers

Mills Archive staff and volunteers turned their efforts to gardening rather than milling on a rather drizzly weekend. A few...

Jumping mill man

Tom Hine has been on the case again and has drawn my attention to an unusual postcard. Sent in 1985,...

Catgerories