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Time, the old miller

The mill as a metaphor for time and change is an ancient theme. St Augustine of Hippo (354-430) in his...

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

A Photograph is the “pause button” of life “What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s...

The British Engineering Works of William Gardner and Sons

Last May I featured William Gardner of Gloucester in a brief review of 10 succesful milling engineers with works in the UK. ...

Into the Industrial Age: Developments in wind and water power, 1750-1850

From Quern to Computer; a history of flour milling by Martin and Sue Watts covers a wide range of topics...

Mills make the world go round

Mills are most well-known for grinding corn into flour. Over the centuries mills powered by wind, water and other power sources...

Post-medieval mills and milling, 1540-1750

From Quern to Computer; a history of flour milling by Martin and Sue Watts covers a wide range of topics and...

Rex as photographer and mill recorder

In our digital world, it is easy to forget the debt we owe to photography. Records of our 19th and...

Excavating a Cellar

Last month I mentioned that in 2017 the Mills Archive played a vital part in the rescue of an important...

Mills make the world go round

Mills are most well-known for grinding corn into flour. Over the centuries mills powered by wind, water and other power sources...

Feeding the World: Animal and water power

From Quern to Computer; a history of flour milling by Martin and Sue Watts covers a wide range of topics...

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