Part 11 of a weekly series of blogs about Rex Wailes’ 1929 trip to the USA and Canada. Nantucket Harbour. Image from Flickr by Ethan Oringel [CC BY 2.0] Sunday 12.5.29 I left Nantucket by the 1.15 boat and watched it as long as I could. I wish I could have spent even another day there. I…
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Across the pond with Rex Wailes: Nantucket Windmill
Part 10 of a weekly series of blogs about Rex Wailes’ 1929 trip to the USA and Canada. Nantucket Windmill before 1885 Saturday 11.5.29 Next morning, Saturday, I met Mr. Fuller as arranged and we walked up to the mill which he unlocked and left me with a flash light, and instructions to return the…
National Lottery celebrates its 25th birthday!
November 2019 marks the 25th anniversary since the National Lottery was created. Since the foundation of the Mills Archive in 2002, we have been awarded more than £330,000 from the Lottery, through the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Their support has transformed what the Trust has been able to achieve. Before I joined the Mills Archive…
Volunteer Spotlight: Homage to Hodson
This luxurious terraced housing is located in central Brighton near the vibrant city centre and train station which provides easily accessible transport links to London. Despite the clue in the name, what one may not realise is that a twelve-sided tarred smock mill once stood on Mill Row. ‘Mill Row’ in modern Brighton It was…
Across the pond with Rex Wailes: To Nantucket
Part 9 of a weekly series of blogs about Rex Wailes’ 1929 trip to the USA and Canada. Friday 10.5.29 On Friday the 10th I took the 7 am. bus to Fall River. The whole of the country on Newport Island is remarkably pleasant. A fine coast line, looking over to the main land both…
Archivist’s Choice: Agent of Millers
This document, newly donated to the Archive from the Owen Ward Collection, gives a glimpse of the role mills would have played in the event of an invasion of Britain by Napoleon. The document is a ‘Form of an appointment of an agent of millers’. In accordance with the Defence of the Realm Act of…
Across the pond with Rex Wailes: Boyd’s and Thurston’s Mills
Part 8 of a weekly series of blogs about Rex Wailes’ 1929 trip to the USA and Canada. Boyd’s Mill, still standing. Photo Kksgram, Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Thursday 9.5.29 On Thursday the 9th I was at the Historical Society’s office at 10 a.m. sharp. They were very kind; gave me a paper on the Rhode Island…
The mills built on bones delivered by a Wolf(e)
Last week, Tom, one of our dedicated volunteers, found amongst the press cuttings, a piece of card upon which were written a few scrappy handwritten notes. He saw the word ‘mill’ and a date of 1549. Knowing that I like a mystery, he gave it to me to decipher. The note says: Finsbury Field 2…
Across the pond with Rex Wailes: To Newport
Part 7 of a weekly series of blogs about Rex Wailes’ 1929 trip to the USA and Canada. Boston City Club Wednesday 8.5.29 On Wednesday I “checked my grip” at the South Station and bought my ticket for Newport in advance having decided to visit that town in Rhode Island first. At the Boston City…
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 State House I got a map and guide of Boston and set out. Had a new glass put in my watch – they call it a ‘crystal’. Got lunch at a quick lunch counter in…