We are thinking of opening on National Mills Weekend this year. It is on May 9-10 2009. If we do, will anyone come to see us? Like many other European countries, each year a weekend is set aside for as many mills as possible to be open to the public. The SPAB Mills Section has…
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New Website on European Windmills
Author: Leo van Raamsdonk For years now I am interested in regional diversity and development of windmills. After a period that I didn’t have the possibility to pay attention, I recently started to study traditional windmills again. One of the current results is a website with a.o. a computer program for identifying European windmills. Another…
Peotone windmill’s fate still twisting in the wind
The Chicago Tribune reports on the Rathje Windmill which has stood guard on the north end of Peotone in southern Will County, which now needs money spent on it: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peotone_windmill_sw_zone_05feb05,0,3667001.story See also the mill’s website: http://www.peotone.com/rathjemill/index.htm
Photo retouching
I copied Jenny West’s old postcard on Facebook and retouched it with my Picasa 3 program (free from Google). The result is as attached. Not perfect but an improvement aesthetically! I wonder if this is acceptable or would people rather see something less pleasing to the eye? You never know with photos whether they have…
News of Windmills
This months news links feature work on Skidby and proposals for Tadworth as well as a video of Rayleigh and a £1million price on Wymondham. There is also a note on making horizontal windmills more efficent http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/localnews/Windmill-we-have-liftoff.4902693.jp Skidby Mill cap removed http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7843543.stm (nice video) ] http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/4086510.Our_wonderful_windmill/ Rayleigh mill 200 years old & video http://m6live.echo-news.co.uk/news/video/69545/ (Though the commentator seems proud all the…
Urgent response needed to planning application
Author: The Oldland Mill Trust The owners of Oldland Mill House, have submitted two applications entitled “Alterations to create ancillary accommodation for guests or staff.” The building in question is in fact Oldland Mill Granary. Oldland Windmill is Grade II-listed and it has been assumed that the Granary was within the curtilage of the mill…
Does anybody have a picture of the following windmills prior to their loss?
Author: Philip Hicks Bodsham Green, Elmsted in Kent Old mill at Blean in Kent Lynsted (except for the one by W Coles Finch) in Kent Betsham, Southfleet in Kent The 100 Acre tower mill at Sheerness in Kent Chequer mill or Good Intent mill at Guilton in Kent. I am sure there must be photographs/paintings…
Image for identification – Frank Gregory online
Author: Sussex Miller As a member of the team helping to identify the mill slides of Frank Gregory, I attach a photo which the team felt we really ought be able to identify! Please add a comment to this blog if you can identify the subject of the photo, its location and an indication of…
Windmill Hill Windmill
Author: Bee Frost Dear Mills Archive, I enclose an image of the windmill which the Trust is happy for you to use. Best regards Bee Frost, Windmill Hill Windmill Trust: http://www.windmillhillwindmill.co.uk/ We are very glad to say that Windmill Hill windmill restoration project was completed in the autumn of 2006. We are now open to…
Broughton Windmill
Author: Nick Further to the previous note at http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/millers_in_broughton_by_brigg_lincolnshire I believe that this is the Broughton Mill. that was [probably] occupied by Thomas Winn (land held in 1814), then [Thomas Winn’s probable son] John Winn (who listed it in his 1867 will having apparently bought it from Foster) and then John Winn’s step-son (Porkess). The…