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Women in milling

Elizabeth Bartram (Director) & Mildred Cookson (Founding Trustee) Milling has a rich and immersive history. Women have always been involved...

Milling & millwrighting in Cambridgeshire in the 2020’s – Wicken Windmill & the Millwrights

By Dave Pearce                                   ...

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is almost upon us, so we thought we would share some recipes for “Christmas cheer” from 1945. The Wine...

The John Bedington Collection arrives at the Mills Archive

 By John Bedington As a youngster between 1963 and about 1972 I spent a lot of time pedalling around Staffordshire...

John Rennie and the Albion Mills (1784-91)

Jim Moher Those who have heard of the famous Scottish engineer, John Rennie (1761-1821), will probably remember him for his...

Sugar and slavery

Sugar & Slavery: Reproductive Mills is a new Mills Archive digital exhibition, launched in October 2021. It is the first of...

Mills make the world go round

By Mildred Cookson and Nathanael Hodge Mills are most well known for grinding corn into flour. However, over the centuries...

Niall Roberts (1922-2010)

Author: Michael Harverson Niall’s active interest in mills began when Wimbledon Common windmill, close to his home in New Malden,...

Across the pond with Rex Wailes: Out and about in Boston

Part 6 of a weekly series of blogs about Rex Wailes’ 1929 trip to the USA and Canada. Massachusetts New...

Across the pond with Rex Wailes: Boston

Part 5 of a weekly series of blogs about Rex Wailes’ 1929 trip to the USA and Canada. Boston, 1920s...

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