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‘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...

New webpage teaser (and Fred the Flour Grader)

So I have come to the end of my initial three months interning at the Mills Archive. However, this is...

The surprising uses for flour sacks!

This week, I have been doing research on the final stages of the milling process, what happens to the flour...

Rare glimpse of Upminster Windmill suspended in the air

Upminster Windmill’s restoration project is certainly well under way, as these latest photos show! Millwright Willem Dijkstra has started to...

A welcome visit from the London & South East Milling Society

This week has seen some different events take place in the Archive so I thought I’d provide a round-up of...

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