William Hill’s most recent news circular details 11 Internet links including comments on the sale of Thorpeness (pictured) as well as material on Jack, Stone Cross and Upminster http://www.skegnessstandard.co.uk/lifestyle/leisure/heritage_mill_in_crisis_after_cold_sparks_devastating_flood_1_2202751Burg le Marsh mill flooded http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/politics/thorpeness_questions_over_windmill_sale_1_771672 More grim news over Thorpeness Windmill? http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/midwales/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9344000/9344756.stm Talgarth Water mill gets further lottery win http://www.appolicious.com/education/apps/88384-windmill-sumoto Windmill Application for your iPhone http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/11872548 Lovedays Watermill Mill for…
Author: Ron Cookson
Mill Spies Stole Secrets
OK, it was in the early 19th century, but this fascinating story of early industrial espionage is worth reading! Derek Ogden and Gerald Bost explain how American milling secrets were taken back to Germany to the benefit of European mills. This book, based on an 1832 publication in Berlin, describes Ganzel & Wulff’s journey round…
Conservation and analysis of the UK’s oldest windmills
This promises to be an interesting seminar to be held at the Museum of English Rural Life on 18 January. The speaker is Luke Bonwick Admission to the seminars is free and open to all, but as places for some of the seminars are limited, MERL request that you let them know in advance if…
Gone with the Wind; Windmills and those around Tring
A new book on windmills in this part of the Hertfordshire is a welcome arrival, especially as it has 202 pages and is fully illustrated Full details of the book may be found at http://shop.millsarchivetrust.org/product.php?productid=924&cat=0&page=1 All proceeds go to local charities.
Suffolk Windmill Postcards
The Mills Archive has several copies of many Simmons postcards and is starting to sell them on eBay to raise funds. Friends of the Mills Archive get the first chance to buy them at a fixed price and post free. These low-resolution thumbnails show the a sample of 32 from the several hundred that are…
£500 Prize for Research Competition
As part of its brief “to promote encourage or undertake research and disseminate the useful results of such research” the Mills Archive is launching two research competitions with cash prizes and guarantees of publication. The research must be on a topic connected with traditional milling, by wind, water or muscle power. It must be original,…
Frank Gregory Online Launched
Frank Gregory Online has involved the cataloguing and digitisation of more than 30,000 new archival items from the collection of Frank W Gregory. These are now freely available for people to download and view. Read more about Frank Gregory Online and to view selected items form Frank’s collection, click here This collaborative project was led by the Mills…
Another Excellent Windmill Book
This has been a good summer for windmill books in the UK! The latest by Mike Norrey, launched in September maintains the high standard The book on Much Wenlock windmill (now a derelict tower) is a well written interpretation of this intriguing mill. Based on a detailed structural survey by the author which reveals the tower…
A Passion for Mill Repair
May I bring to your attention the meeting at the Artworkers’ Guild in London on November 13 organised by the Mills Archive for the SPAB Mills Section? It marks the successful completion of the Frank Gregory Online Project, which has occupied much of the time and energy of Archive volunteers for the last three years.…
Tide Mill Institute 2010 Conference
HERITAGE AND SUSTAINABILITY – The 6th Annual Tide Mill Conference – November 12 and 13, 2010, Massachusetts, USA The Tide Mill Institute is pleased to announce and invite the public to its 6th Annual Tide Mill Conference, to be held in the Boston area on November12 and 13, 2010. There will be an informal reception…