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Sails from telegraph poles

Author: Adam Marriott The Mills Archive picture of Foston windmill in their newly relased Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/millsarchive/ shows a mill whose sails I have always liked. Jon Sass once told me the miller made them himself out of telegraph poles from the nearby A1 which were being changed at the time. i wonder if there was…

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Old Glory

Author: Jim Woodward-Nutt There is a good article in the January edition of ‘Old Glory’ magazine on Polkey’s Drainage Mill, Norfolk, which has recently been restored by Vincent Pargeter. It might be a good idea if a few people wrote to ‘Old Glory’ about mills, to encourage them to put in more mill articles. Jim

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Chislet Mill anyone?

Author: Virginia Silvester I have done a lot of research on the early millers at Chislet and this is detailed below. A follow-up item has also been posted; see http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/chislet_mill_historical_research_an_update/ I have been pleased to find the information about this mill on your website, and I thought you might like to know what I have…

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Kent Millers’ Tales

Authors: Luke Bonwick & Alan Stoyel Kent Millers’ Tales was a Heritage Lottery funded project carried out in 2005 with the aim of cataloguing the Mills Archive’s Kent collections, as well as those of Kent County Council. You can read the seven ‘Millers’ Tales’ here, or view an archived copy of the original site (though note that the links to…

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Historical introduction to mills and milling

Author: Luke Bonwick Overview Traditionally, a mill powered by wind, water or animals would have served every community. The study of milling from ancient querns to the steam mills of the Victorian era has fascinated historians for many years. The Roman architect Vitruvius (ca.70-25BC) wrote a detailed description of the use of waterpower in ancient…

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Evelyn ‘Eve’ Logan (1950-2000)

The following biography was written by Eve Logan’s husband, Bari M Logan, in 2002: Evelyn Logan (née Elkin) was born in Lenton, a suburb of the city of Nottingham, on the 2nd October 1950. Her father, Robert Elkin, was a coal miner haulage-man who worked at the local pits of Wollaton, Clifton and Cinderhill, whilst…

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