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Author: William Hill

Joseph Thompson RIP

A former owner of Skidby Windmill has died. Joseph Thompson, 94, was descended from the Thompson family who had run...

East End’s Three Mills site gets restoration ‘green light’ in time for Olympics

House Mill in LB Newham – a Grade I-listed flour mill of international importance and perched on the edge of...

Mill Named Brewery of the Year

Donnington Brewery in the Cotswolds has been named the UK’s Brewery of the Year by the Good Pub Guide. According...

Goole mill to be revamped

Looking at this sorry photo, hard to disagree… http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1642454 The report http://www.goolecourier.co.uk/news/Windmill-revamped-by-Morrisons.5956876.jp from the Goole Courier says that Morrisons have applied for...

Ladies please

Heage gets a lady miller (though they seem to have forgotten Mildred Cookson…) and a US lady miller is also...

Snuff Mills

Nice stuff on 2 Dutch snuff mills. The image is of a millstone used for milling spices, at De Ster...

Mill gets sails of the 21st century

One of Somerset’s most unique windmills has had its sails repaired following a two-year wait. This was noted in various...

History of the Tornado Windmill Co

In the latest set of links to news items, an interesting history of the Tornado Windmill Company in New York...

Shipley Windmill Set to Close

Jim Woodward-Nutt is reported in the Sussex Express as stating that the Shipley Windmill Trust will have to hand back...

Peotone windmill’s fate still twisting in the wind

The Chicago Tribune reports on the Rathje Windmill which has stood guard on the north end of Peotone in southern...

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