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I first met architect John Reynolds when I was editing the Mills and Millers of Hampshire set of books for the Hampshire Mills Group. He
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I first met architect John Reynolds when I was editing the Mills and Millers of Hampshire set of books for the Hampshire Mills Group. He
In 1992 Michael Harverson visited Iran to look for watermills. One of the most memorable sites he visited was Shushtar in the Khuzestan province. In this region are to be found the largest rivers in Iran, flowing from the Zagros mountains to the Persian Gulf. On the river Karun is the ancient bridge of Valerian, said to have been built by Roman soldiers captured in battle by the Sassanid ruler Shapur I at the Battle of Edessa in 260 AD.
Getting our priorities in order With 286 collections in our archive, ranging from 1 to over 200 boxes in size, it is important for us
Here’s another round up of mills featured in the news over the past few weeks. As we mentioned in our previous blog, the impact of the
The sun was shining and the weather was warm last weekend: the perfect weather to celebrate National Mills Weekend! A festival of open-house mills that
In the wake of the recent premiere of the film ‘Tolkien’, about the life of the famous author of The Hobbit and The Lord of
Today the spotlight is on one of our Heritage Partners, Eling Tide Mill! On Tuesday 9th April, Eling Tide Mill celebrated the 1st anniversary of
In recognition of International Women’s Day on 8th March, in this week’s blog we are showing our appreciation for women in milling by featuring two
Last week Liz and I had the privilege of visiting Ponders End Mills, the home of family milling business G R Wright and Sons. Above:
This week Mildred brought in a number of objects for me to look at, which are interesting examples of the huge variety of different types
