Category: Blog

Urgent alert – threat to Croydon Archives

Archives for London reports that, “Once again the Croydon Archives are under threat from closure”, and “The Consultation closes at...

Dampness through windmill walls

Author: Matt and Claire Lakin We live in a 1768 brick windmill and spent last year lime re-repointing outside and...

Fancy painting a mill?

Here might be a good place to start. William Hill has pointed out that there are 1780 mill paintings only...

Another mystery mill

Author: Sheila Viner and Mick Edgeworth This photo is another one in the series of framed but untitled pictures of...

Vampire scare at a mill

Vampire alert issued by Serbian council: a municipal council in western Serbia has reportedly issued a public health warning claiming...

Mystery watermill

Author: Sheila Viner and Mick Edgeworth This photo is one of a series of framed but untitled pictures of mills...

Mills Archive Heritage Survey

Our survey of Mills Archive users attracted a very encouraging 35% response rate and the results were impressively consistent. Four...

Crab mills anyone?

Author: Stuart Mousdale Is anyone familiar with the term “crab mill”? I have seen this in several place names on...

Tilting at windmills

I came across this cigarette card on the internet showing a familiar Don Quixote scene with DQ attacking a giant/windmill....

Insurance and the restoration of Jack Windmill

Author: Sussex Miller In May 2012 Jack Windmill changed hands for the first time in 35 years. The new owners...

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