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Transport, feed and pets

Animals have gone hand in hand with milling for centuries from when millstones would be turned by mules, donkeys, horses...

NEW: modern milling webpages – let us know what you think!

We are pleased to announce that the new modern milling webpages are now live on the Mills Archive website and...

Crimes of milling part 2

As promised, this week’s blog will return to the theme of crimes in the milling world. This week’s crimes, however,...

Can you help the new National Millwrighting Centre?

The newly-formed National Millwrighting Centre is raising funds to support their ambitious project to train new millwrights to look after...

Crimes of milling

This week’s blog covers three exciting cases of espionage or crimes linked in some way to the world of milling....

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...

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