Author: Sheila Viner Well known to many hundreds of mill and industrial history enthusiasts in Britain and the Continent, John Silman died last week. He was a founder member of the Hampshire Mills Group and was at the forefront of mill related research and restoration, serving on the S.P.A.B. Mills Section Committee and a keen…
Author: Mills Archive
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John Munnings’ Watermill Sketchbooks
Author: Laura Felton-Hustwitt For the past few weeks I have had the opportunity to look through and catalogue two of John Munnings’ watermill sketchbooks. Containing 143 sketches of water mills from all over the country, it was a long but worthwhile process scanning and recording each and every page. My job was to add the…
Love language
Volunteer Ian Grainge describes his discovery of secret messages on innocent-looking postcards… In cataloguing part of the Brian Eighteen collection, I came across two postcards with identical text, each to the same recipient, Alic Lovegrove in Caversham, from the same person, ‘Dora’. Both were written within one week of each other, in Summer 1910. The…
Explore the story of flour milling: From Quern to Computer
Explore changes to corn milling technology, from animal, wind and water power to the modern day roller flour milling industry in these extended articles written and illustrated by Martin and Sue Watts. If the images and snippets of description on our From Quern to Computer timelines have caught your interest, you can find out more via these extended articles.…
From Quern to Computer: a History of Flour Milling Timeline
We are delighted to share with you our new interactive resources to discover the history of flour milling, from quern to computer. Today we take a closer look at our timelines. From grain, to flour to our daily bread, access our From Quern to Computer timelines which demonstrate how the stories of technological changes to flour milling,…
From Quern to Computer: a History of Flour Milling
Use our new interactive resources to discover the history of flour milling, from quern to computer. Do you want to explore the story of our flour milling history?Explore our new interactive resources below. Timelines From grain, to flour to our daily bread, access our From Quern to Computer timelines which demonstrate how the stories of technological changes…
From Quern to Computer: The history of flour milling
Authors: Martin and Sue Watts 1: Introduction2: Cereals and cultivation: Prehistory to the Romans3: Cereals and cultivation: The early medieval period, c.AD500 to the present day4: The first milling stones5: The application of animal and water power: From the Mediterranean to Britain6: Early medieval mills and milling7: Medieval mills and milling8: Post-medieval mills and milling,…
My last week at the Archive
Author: Hannah Pearce After 12 weeks of blogging, researching and writing stories, I only have a few days left at the Archive. When I first arrived, I had the basic knowledge that mills and archives existed but not much beyond that. Now, I can tell you about post, smock and tower mills, as well as…
The 4 top adventures of Arthur C Smith
Author: Hannah Pearce A tale from the Archive… You fall head first into a 6ft deep ditch, full of muddy water, with the bike that you had just been riding crashing down on top of you. Your shins are grazed, your forehead is bruised, and you are feeling a little bit wobbly. But you still…
Garden Party 2016
Author: Hannah Pearce A note from Chairman of the Trust, Dr Ron Cookson: “From 2002, I have invested my skills, time and passion into this charity. I am constantly impressed by the work of our staff and volunteers, and it is amazing to get such positive feedback from the Friends at our summer Garden Party.…