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,…
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The Brick Chimney
Author: Sussex Miller Sussex Mills Group’s 2010 out-of county tour was to Hampshire. The vast majority of participants have been actively involved with mills for many years. Upon arrival at Bursledon Windmill we were informed that due to fire precautions only five persons were allowed into the mill above ground floor, and that access above…
British Millwrights down under
Author: Jonathan Cook As you may be aware, Neil Medcalf is making excellent progress in Tasmania rebuilding Callington Mill. The link below shows the sails going on. James Waterfield is now on his way out to Tasmania to help Neil complete the project and advise the owners and future millers. A fantastic project – if…
Mystery Windmill
A new acquaintance has shown me a number of windmills photographed around the 1930s. A number of them were unidentified, but Luke Bonwick kindly and promptly filled in all the blanks except for one. I wonder if anyone can identify the attached photo for me, please? Regards, Fred
A Threat to all our Mill Groups
It will only be a few years before members of mill groups will no longer be able to pay their subscriptions by cheque! Whatever alternatives are introduced will cause problems of one sort or another. The Payments Council states that “Following extensive research and consultation with users”, it has taken the decision to set a…
Interested in 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 first of several hundred that we will be offering…
New Book on the arrival of a steam mill
An interesting new approach to a mill book is taken by Chris Mesely in Millers and Methodists Following the successful new version of Hugh Howes book on Bedfordshire Windmills and Watermills, this new book focuses on three milling families in Leighton Buzzard. Attractively produced, well illustrated with 39 colour and grayscale illustrations, the book is…
Amazing price for a piece of paper
An eBay auction has just finished fo a Carte de Visite fetching £265. Can anyone identify it? It was captioned “Victorian SUSSEX MILL FARM + Windmill c.1860s” and a fuller description mentions a couple of possible sites. ANTIQUE ENGLISH CARTE DE VISITE PHOTOGRAPH: West Sussex” Stunning early farming scene original albumen photo. Excellent clarity &…
KMS in action
Author: Geoff Holman On 30 May 2010, a working party from the Kent Mills Society, with permission from the owner, went to the site of the Stodmarsh windpump and managed to extract some remains from the dyke. They did a measured survey of what is left – most of the main structure, parts of the…
Mills and Milling in the Herne Bay Area
The Friends of Herne Mill and the Herne Bay Historical Society have just published an impressive update of Harold Gough’s 1986 book on the mills of Herne Bay. The book, much expanded and revised and now an A4 publication (46 pp, 26 greyscale images) is a fitting tribute to the original author and was partly…