Author: Mildred Cookson

An Honest Miller

Following on from the story of Puss in Boots, I thought it would also be interesting to tell the story...

Milling in 19th Century China: From Ancient Traditions to Everyday Practice

The history of milling in China stretches back thousands of years and reflects both the ingenuity of early societies and...

Mill Cat with a Mission: The story of Puss in Boots

The Northwestern Miller journal was published from 1880 to 1973. Alongside the colourful covers which featured themes such as food...

The Millwright’s Books

The Mills Archive contains a wealth of knowledge on millwrighting, particularly in our library. The millwrighting books in our collection...

Flat Caps for Millers and Millwrights

The flat cap can be traced back to the 14th century in Northern England, when it was more likely to...

From Stone to Steel in Norfolk’s Flour Mills

In the golden age of roller milling, a few exceptional country mills stood out not only for their technical advancement...

Successful Country Mills

During my research at the Mills Archive, I often encounter records of successful country mills from the early 20th century....

Military Millers

The Second Anglo-Boer War began on 11 October 1899. The war between the British Empire and the Boer republics was...

Letting the cat out of the bag

I doubt that many people have ever heard the name Judson Moss Bemis or his brother Stephen, who would introduce...

30 Years Milling

This blog is based on several oral history interviews with our founder Mildred Cookson about her time as the miller...

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