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Gems of the Archive: Drama, Scandal and Mills

With a title that sounds like it comes straight from a John le Carré spy novel, our Gems of the...

The Man with the Dragon Stamp

Happy Chinese New Year, or as one would say in Mandarin, 新年快乐! 2019 is the year of the Pig, the...

Volunteer Spotlight: Menier and the Chocolate Factory

February hosts a very popular and tasty-sounding celebration: National Chocolate Lover’s Month! In honour of this, our volunteer Susan has...

A visit to Wright’s flour mill

Last week Liz and I had the privilege of visiting Ponders End Mills, the home of family milling business G...

New Collections 2018

Each year we submit a list of all our acquisitions to the National Archives. 2018 saw an interesting and varied...

Help save your industrial heritage!

Please support “Mills make the world go ‘round’”, a vital project that needs your help. The Foyle Foundation has pledged...

Volunteer Spotlight: Surprising connections between mills, art and politics

Our volunteer Susan writes about the work she’s doing at the Archive, and some of the interesting things she’s found...

Honour for Alan Stoyel

We are delighted to announce that the New Year’s Honours for 2019 includes an MBE for Alan Stoyel. Alan is...

“The Oldest Bread in the World: the earliest-known evidence of bread-making”

Recent findings at a 14,000-year-old archaeological site in Amman, Jordan have rewritten the history of bread-making by 5,000 years! Rebecca...

Round-up of Explore Your Archive Week 2018

“Explore Your Archive Week 2018”, organised by the Archives and Records Association, has drawn to a close, and we’ve enjoyed...

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