Frank Gregory Online has involved the cataloguing and digitisation of more than 30,000 new archival items from the collection of Frank W Gregory. These are now freely available for people to download and view. Read more about Frank Gregory Online and to view selected items form Frank’s collection, click here This collaborative project was led by the Mills…
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Albert Ribbans – who was he?
Albert Ribbans seems to have painted in watercolour several wind and watermills, including Garboldisham and this painting of Balsham in Cambridgeshire. I would like to know more about this gentleman; can anyone help? I know he was born in 1903 and died in 1966. Johnathan Neville has an image of Garboldisham on the Norfolk Mills Site http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/garboldisham-postmill.html Mildred
Another Excellent Windmill Book
This has been a good summer for windmill books in the UK! The latest by Mike Norrey, launched in September maintains the high standard The book on Much Wenlock windmill (now a derelict tower) is a well written interpretation of this intriguing mill. Based on a detailed structural survey by the author which reveals the tower…
A Passion for Mill Repair
May I bring to your attention the meeting at the Artworkers’ Guild in London on November 13 organised by the Mills Archive for the SPAB Mills Section? It marks the successful completion of the Frank Gregory Online Project, which has occupied much of the time and energy of Archive volunteers for the last three years.…
Rope as brake construction
Author: Ruurd-Jakob Nauta All the windmills in The Netherlands have a brake made out of wood or iron. My own windmill has a brake out of wood. But it keeps me wondering, if there are any mills left in North America, who have a brake which is made out of rope. I am wondering if…
Tide Mill Institute 2010 Conference
HERITAGE AND SUSTAINABILITY – The 6th Annual Tide Mill Conference – November 12 and 13, 2010, Massachusetts, USA The Tide Mill Institute is pleased to announce and invite the public to its 6th Annual Tide Mill Conference, to be held in the Boston area on November12 and 13, 2010. There will be an informal reception…
Come and see us in Reading
The Mills Archive is holding Open Days to mark National Heritage Weekend. For the first time Watlington House itself will be open. The House is interesting in its own right – built in the William and Mary Style and then altered in the reign of Queen Anne, it is the oldest house in Reading. We…
National Lottery Share for Heritage consultation closes on 21 August 2010
It sounds as though more Lottery money will be coming to heritage projects! This is a welcome reversal of the sharp decline in recent years. You can add your voice to a public consultation that ends on 21 August, so please act now! Three years ago the National Audit Office highlighted the way grants from…
A much awaited new edition
The original version of Guise and Lees’ book on Anglesey was so successful, the authors wished they had published a longer print run. When they discovered a copy of the book, secondhand on the Internet for £100, they thought the time was right for a second edition. The result is a splendidly produced, much extended…
Brill Windmill – major new book
Luke Bonwick’s new book published this month looks to be a winner! Subtitled “The History, Technology, Conservation and Repair of a 17th-Century Post Mill with a report on the dendrochronology by Martin Bridge” and with 100 A4 pages, packed with photographs and measured drawings, it is amazing value for money. Published by Buckinghamshire County Council,…