Mills in the Second World War – Hannah Pomeroy

This Gun Who is this man,This man who holds a gun?His gun is differentYet, it is the same…His has a...

Stansted Windmill, Essex by Nathanael Hodge

The mill in 1880 with the miller in the doorway REXW-ESS-73-06 Stansted windmill stands in the village of Stansted Mountfitchet in...

Mill Fires

October, 1886: After a hard day at work you are asleep in your bed, the chill of the autumn day...

French Windmills – Amanda Knight

A quest to begin a new career as an Archivist led me to seek some hands-on experience at an accredited...

Mills Sections and Mills Archives

How can one woman’s fight to preserve watermills in the 1940s define two different heritage institutions, multiple important archival collections...

Workshop – Caring for your collection

At the Mills Archive we recently made our first foray into delivery online webinars, on the topic of caring for...

‘As you like it’ – Nathanael Hodge

The magazine ‘As you like it’ was created for the staff of Joseph Rank Ltd in the 1920s. They provide...

Eccentric millers of old – Rex Wailes

Arthur Pratt French, 1920 – FREN-1116094 The attention of the antiquary has been attracted by the old-time miller. Apparently he dabbled in the...

Building a Mill: Workforce

The mill has now been built and filled with the best, new machinery. However, ‘Fine buildings, located on traffic arteries,...

Windmills of Nantucket – Rex Wailes

In 1929 Rex Wailes visited the island of Nantucket during his trip to the USA and Canada. This is his...

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