Author: Mildred Cookson

Rex as photographer and mill recorder

In our digital world, it is easy to forget the debt we owe to photography. Records of our 19th and...

Excavating a Cellar

Last month I mentioned that in 2017 the Mills Archive played a vital part in the rescue of an important...

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...

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