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Oldland Mill gets a special visit
Oldland Mill was recently blessed with the visit of two distinguished individuals. Iris and John Annett returned to the Mill on Thursday. They, along with Tommy Gee, were the first people to take on the challenge of rebuilding Oldland Mill. Their efforts paid off against all odds, and the mill was beautifully restored. Iris and…
The Mills Archive awarded a grant from the Mercers’ Company to develop the Library and Reading Room
To mark National Libraries Day last weekend, it’s time to share to some exciting grant news from our library. Here at the Mills Archive we have our own Library which is an outstanding and important collection; the largest single Library on mills and milling in the UK and probably worldwide. Visitors to the Archive have…
From Quern to Computer project update: get ready for the ‘Great British Mill Race’
Progress on the interactive timeline and national mills survey elements of our HLF funded ‘From Quern to Computer’ (Q2C) project continue apace. Read on for an update and to find out more about your chance to take part in our new campaign: the ‘Great British Mill Race’… THE GREAT BRITISH MILL RACE: HOW YOU CAN…
Hydropower petition
eWaterpower, a company that specialises in providing electricity through waterpower throughout the UK and France, and one of our Corporate Friends, has asked us to circulate the following petition. The petition implores the Lords to reconsider what is described by the petitioner as the Government’s significant withdrawal of support to increase renewable energy capacity within…
Oldland Windmill: then and now
Two images, one taken in the early 1900s and the second taken just last week, make for an interesting comparison. The Chairman of Oldland Mill Trust, Stuart Meier, was inspired to take a photo of the mill just last week, with a light dusting of snow. Since then he came across an older image held…
Help identify our unidentified mills
We come across a lot of pictures in our collections of mills we can’t identify. You can help us by browsing the list and telling us which ones you recognise. Click here to go to the list of images of unidentified mills – currently 1072 results. As in the screenshot above, you’ll see the ‘place/mill’ filters…
Sacrewell hits the small screen in Victorian Bakers
Author: Megan Allen See Sacrewell Mill like you’ve never seen it before in a new series that hits BBC Two on 5 January. In the first episode of Victorian Bakers, which was filmed at Sacrewell Mill near Peterborough, four professional bakers leave their businesses behind to find out how the early Victorians got their daily…
A Boxing Day poem
Thought we’d share this somewhat gloomy take on Boxing Day from our archives. The poem was published in the journal ‘Milling’, 28 Dec 1895. The Winter Woods: Boxing DayBy a dyspeptic miller Image: Bateman’s Mill, Burwash, with frozen pond, April 1970. Photo by Frank Gregory Those woodlands in winter I cannot forget;How long on that…
Insurance for Lowfield Heath Windmill
Author: Jennifer Smith I wonder if you can help us. We need an insurance quotation for our windmill, a postmill in Charlwood, Surrey and are having difficulty! Can anyone recommend an insurer or broker? Thank you very muchJennifer SmithHon Treasurer, Lowfield Heath Windmill Trustjennifer.oakcroft [ AT ] gmail.com (Photo by Allen Davis)