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Take a tour of Brixton Windmill on National Mills Weekend

Author: Dee Byrne Brixton Windmill will be opening to the public for guided tours in celebration of this year’s National...

The Mills of Ickleford

An exhibition at St Katherine’s Church, Ickleford, Hertfordshire, will be held on June 22nd and 23rd. The exhibition will include...

Waterpump – Adair & Co., Liverpool

Author: Carl Ahlstrom (via Simon Potter) Some years ago you helped us when we were restoring a windmill on Gotland,...

Students at the Mills Archive

My name is Liz Bartram, and I recently won a place on the Vodafone World of Difference programme. The programme...

The Funeral of Helen Major 1927 – 2013

Helen’s funeral will take place on Tuesday 16 April 2013. Her cremation at Reading Crematorium (South Chapel) at 10.45 will...

Historic Caerlee Mills in Innerleithen closes

The BBC has announced that Caerlee Mills in Innerleithen, in the Scottish Borders, has shut with the loss of 33...

Helen Major RIP 1927 – 2013

Helen Major passed away peacefully on the evening of Sunday March 24th. RIP Helen was well known in the mill...

Watermill for BBC2 programme

Author: Emma Randle-Caprez Please help! Calling all watermills needing restoration! I am looking for a disused watermill which we can...

Hot off the press!

An important and unusual book, “Mapping the windmill” represents a new approach to the literature of mills and the sheer...

Millstones

Author: Charles Rowntree Whilst excavating to build a new house attached to Beckside mill we found a millstone with what...

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