Only 123 days to go – so what plans are already in place for our annual festival of mills? National Mills Weekend is the UK’s best opportunity to tell the public about our mills. Many are open just for the weekend and we really need to give them as much publicity as possible. This year…
Author: Ron Cookson
Free TIMS Calendar
TIMS has announced that its 2012 calendar is available as a free download from its home page. Katerina Toutouza and Olga Lekou from Greece have used superb drawings by Johan De Punt, made at the mill visits during the TIMS Symposium in Denmark. You can download the calendar here : www.molinology.org. The calendar can be printed in…
Geoff Holman RIP
It is with great sadness that I relay news of Geoff’s death. Geoff passed way on 20 December in London after a short illness. Geoff’s family have asked that nobody contacts the family by email or phone as they have much to deal with. Geoff was a well-regarded and popular figure in the UK mill…
Mill Memories recalled
The SPAB Mills Section held its autumn meeting at the Mills Archive on Nov 26. Over 70 mill enthusiasts attended to hear six excellent talks on Kent watermills, horizontal waterwheels, two post mills, Ken Farries, a York roller mill and the new Archimedean screw at Mapledurham. The photo (from Sheila Viner) shows a small section…
How exciting! How brave!
These words open an enthralling and entertaining account of how three families rescued a listed, derelict mill that was being pulled into the river. The book by Clare and James Currey is featured in the Mills Archive shop and is worth seriously considering as a Christmas present for yourself or a mill person you know. The mill…
Time to decide
If you don’t know what you really want for Christmas, why not choose one of the carefully selected items in the “Suitable Presents” section of the Mills Archive Bookshop? There are currently 75 books with prices ranging from £5 to £150 – you can even email suggestions to someone looking for a present for you!…
Any calendars?
A correspondent has asked if anyone is aware of any windmill calendars available for 2012. It woud be even better if we could identify a charity calendar – but we would also be interested in any calendars on watermills – and they don’t need to be English language either. Any suggestions welcome!
Yorkshire Windmills Through Time
Just published and available from the Mills Archive shop, this new book is attractive and well-produced. For more details see http://shop.millsarchivetrust.org/product.php?productid=1035&cat=0&page=1
Carlton le Moorland Post Mill
These two views of Carlton le Moorland post mill, Lincolnshire NGR SK 897 585 were taken on 26 June 1934 These are two of more than 1000 postcards in our Simmons Collection. Herbert Edward Sidney Simmons was a prolific recorder of mills in England before and during the Second World War. As well as Sid…
Detail of Brake Wheel
Recently uploaded to the Kenneth G Farries Collection. This lantern slide shows a detail from Shiremark Smock Mill, Capel, Surrey, NGR TQ173377 It is one of more than 600 items already catalogued in this collection at www.millsarchive.com Ken Farries and his windmills is a topic at the forthcoming SPAB Mills Section meeting – for more details…