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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...

Heygates: our adventure into a modern roller flour mill

Last week our Archivist Nathanael, our Chairman Ron and I were given the rare opportunity to explore the Heygates flour...

The match between the floury men and the iron men

This week I have continued my research on the roller milling industry internationally and have moved on to look at...

Explore Your Archive Week: Day 1

The annual National Archives’ ‘Explore Your Archive’ week is upon us, and we start with a focus on a collection...

‘For wheat, like men, is always found mixed good and bad, diseased and sound’!

Hello again! As I promised in my last blog in October, I’m back! My internship is continuing, after its brief...

Workshop for the mill heritage community (featuring Mr Bean)

We were privileged to meet some hard-working people from around the country on Tuesday. The reason? We ran our annual...

We’re looking forward to tomorrow’s workshop!

We’re putting together the final preparations for tomorrow’s training workshop. “Caring for your Collection” is a regular workshop we run...

Be part of the future of Marsh Mill and help to keep the sails turning

Marsh Mill in Thornton, Lancashire, is approaching its 223rd birthday. The Friends of Marsh Mill now wish to move the...

Thank you for making Saturday’s symposium a success!

We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who came to Saturday’s symposium. For those of you...

A special visit from the National Archives of Indonesia!

We were delighted to host a visit from the National Archives of Indonesia yesterday. The reason? They are starting to...

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