National Volunteers’ Week 1st – 7th June
Hello everyone! National Volunteers’ Week is fast approaching in the first week of June and it is another great chance to highlight how much the
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Meet Guy!
I don’t usually come into the Mills Archives on Fridays but I am really glad I did last week because I was introduced to Guy
Mills Archive Bookshop
When I came into the Mills Archive today, every surface was covered in books, boxes of books, bags of books and when Ron showed me
Meet Laurence!
Hello everyone! This week I decided to have a catch-up with a fellow volunteer, Laurence, who has been volunteering here since September 2014. He studied
My first day as a volunteer and first impressions!
Hello everyone, my name is Becky Spokes and this is my first day working as a volunteer at the Mills Archive. I have been given
Mills Archive completes narrative on the Holman Bros., Millwrights of Canterbury
Last week, Geoff Holman’s family – including widow Lynn, children Tim and Sophie and niece Sarah – attended a presentation on the work completed by
In Memoriam Helen Major (1927 – 2013)
Helen died a year ago today (March 24) and we celebrate her life and work for mills. Although for years she provided the support for
Why 5th November is an important date for The Mills Archive
No, it’s not because of Bonfire Night! It was on 5th November 5 years ago that Elizabeth Trout first joined the Archive as a volunteer
Niall Roberts Collection
Hello, my name is Guy Boocock and I have been a work experience volunteer here at MAT since November 2010. As you may have read
Students at the Mills Archive
My name is Liz Bartram, and I recently won a place on the Vodafone World of Difference programme. The programme selects the winners from thousands