Author: Geoff Holman Vincent Pargeter is speaking on “Working on Kent MIlls” and Arthur Percival on “The Gunpowder Industry” at the Kent Mills Society Meeting in Faversham, starting at 2pm on Saturday 20 November. Entry is free so do come and join us! The venue is the Faversham Heritage Centre in Preston Street, which is…
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New Sweeps for West Blatchington
Author: Sussex Miller Two sweeps at West Blatchington Windmill in Hove were removed by volunteers from Jill Windmill. The replacement sweeps are being made by volunteers from High Salvington Windmill. This is yet another example of co-operation between mills in Sussex. The abseil ropes were supplied by the Friends of Shipley Windmill. Some of the…
Mystery Five-sailed Mill
Author: Leo van der Drift I was wondering whether anyone could possibly identify the attached windmill. The photo comes from the Stichting Levende Molens archive at Roosendaal, which focusses on Flanders and the south of The Netherlands. Apart from that, they have some photos from other countries too, including this one. The photo is without any…
Gone with the Wind; Windmills and those around Tring
A new book on windmills in this part of the Hertfordshire is a welcome arrival, especially as it has 202 pages and is fully illustrated Full details of the book may be found at http://shop.millsarchivetrust.org/product.php?productid=924&cat=0&page=1 All proceeds go to local charities.
Fire in Sion Mills
Author: Richard Mallett The BBC reported (Oct 30) that “Firefighters have brought under control a blaze at the site of a historic mill in a County Tyrone village” The fire was focused on the front offices of the Mourne mill – the large industrial factories that were occupied between 1989 and 2004 when the last…
Suffolk Windmill Postcards
The Mills Archive has several copies of many Simmons postcards and is starting to sell them on eBay to raise funds. Friends of the Mills Archive get the first chance to buy them at a fixed price and post free. These low-resolution thumbnails show the a sample of 32 from the several hundred that are…
Mystery Post Mill
Author: Michael Yates Within the last few weeks, I have purchased a windmill photo probably dating from about 1920 that shows a post mill with the remains of a roof mounted fantail. I attach a copy of this photo. I have searched my collection of books, postcards and photographs and have found references to at…
£500 Prize for Research Competition
As part of its brief “to promote encourage or undertake research and disseminate the useful results of such research” the Mills Archive is launching two research competitions with cash prizes and guarantees of publication. The research must be on a topic connected with traditional milling, by wind, water or muscle power. It must be original,…
3D models of mills on Google Earth
Author: Jonathan Green I just thought you might be interested, I’ve been working to produce 3D computerised models of watermills and windmills for the 3D layer on Google Earth. They do lose a little detail when optimised by Google, but are still quite pleasing. The models are of: Newhall Mill, Sutton Coldfield; Place Mill, Christchurch;…
Starring Role for Nutley Windmill
Author: Luke Bonwick Nutley windmill is only one of a series of mills whose restoration is featured in great detail in Frank Gregory Online. Twelve others are detailed in Frank’s biography, written and published as part of the project. Bob Bonnett commented on the restoration: “Without Frank’s enthusiasm and expert help this would not have…