Category: Blog

SPAB does University Challenge: The Professionals

Hello everyone! This is my second week at the Mills Archive, and this week my obsession with SPAB increased to...

My first day as a volunteer and first impressions!

Hello everyone, my name is Becky Spokes and this is my first day working as a volunteer at the Mills...

Time-lapse video offers rare glimpse of Sacrewell Watermill’s restoration

Last year, the William Scott Abott Trust received over £1 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund to restore the watermill...

A Celebration of the Life of James Venn

A Service of Celebration will be held for James Venn on Wednesday 21st January 2015, 10:45 at the Milton Chapel...

James Venn 1921 – 2014 RIP

The family have informed us that James died on 31 Dec 2014. He was a Friend of the Mills Archive...

A thought for the New Year

Bryan McGee, one of our correspondents, spotted this inscription on a trip to Washington DC: He writes: “I spotted this...

Merry Christmas from MAT!

It’s been an eventful year, with new collections and new people joining us at the Archive. We’ve seen a swell...

New artworks donated to the Archive

This week we received two new contrasting additions to our artwork. One is an impressive pencil drawing of Ramsey Mill...

£80,800 grant to restore Windmill Hill Windmill

We are delighted to announce that our Heritage Partner the Windmill Hill Windmill Trust has been awarded £80,800 from the...

Wind Flow at High Salvington Windmill

Author: Peter Casebow In 1990 High Salvington Mill fought and won a planning against application to raise the roof of...

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