Author: Mills Archive

Volunteer Spotlight: The Millers of the Past

Author: Pru Barrett In November 2017, Ron Cookson asked me if I would like to compile a database of millers,...

Kenneth G Farries (d 1986)

Kenneth G Farries was one of the most productive and influential authors on windmills in the 20th century. The work...

Don Paterson (d. 2002)

Don Paterson was a great lover of Lancashire mills with roots at Bretherton.  In 1982 he and Mildred Cookson decided...

Roy Gregory (d. 2013)

Roy was a serious student of the history and conservation of windmills since 1974 when he took responsibility for the...

Volunteer Spotlight: Milling and Social Change from a Volunteer’s Perspective

Author: Nigel Birch I have been volunteering at The Mills Archive for 18 months or so, having previously known little...

Volunteer Spotlight: The Old Miller of Sidestrand and Poppyland

Author: Pru Barrett Pru, one of our volunteers, often comes across records of interesting and oft-times eccentric people during her...

Muscle matters

Authors: Christopher Viney and Lydia Smith Before wind and water were harnessed, the strength of people and animals was used...

Early photography

by Lydia Smith and Christopher Viney Fundamental changes in the ways mills worked and the effects they had on people’s...

My introduction to archives as a cataloguing volunteer

Author: Orla Taylor-Davies I first heard of the Mills Archive when my mum sent me a photo of an article...

John Munnings Collection

Authors: Nathanael Hodge & Laura Felton-Hustwitt The John Munnings Collection contains detailed watermill sketches by artist John Munnings, together with his notes...

Catgerories


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