Author: Mildred Cookson

Mills make the world go round

Mills are most well-known for grinding corn into flour. Over the centuries mills powered by wind, water and other power sources...

Tales from Rex Wailes: No half measures

Rex Wailes, like his father, was first and foremost an engineer, but soon became the authority on wind and watermills....

A Happy and Productive Partnership

One of our first visitors to the Archive, as we carefully start to welcome researchers back, expressed great interest in...

Our Milling Engineers and the Milling Revolution

Many articles from The Miller or Milling demonstrate the importance to the milling trade of conventions and exhibitions. Both these...

Mills make the world go round saw mills

Mills are most well-known for grinding corn into flour. Over the centuries mills powered by wind, water and other power sources...

British and Irish Flour Mills. James Comerford’s Roller Mills, County Wicklow, Ireland

As with my previous articles, I have chosen accounts from The Miller or Milling describing successful mills from the early...

Mills make the world go round – Incense mills

Incense is made from tree resin, roots, flowers or seeds and produces a sweet smell when burnt. It has been...

British and Irish Flour Mills 2

North Shore Mills Liverpool                                                                   Mildred Cookson Victorian Milling Journals   The Miller and Milling are the two...

Derek Ogden Collection

A millwright for many years, Derek Ogden repaired mills throughout the UK until he moved to the USA in 1974,...

Chesterton Windmill setting under threat: please sign the petition

The setting of this wonderful 350-year-old Grade I listed windmill is under threat from a proposed development of 3,000 houses...

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