The Mills of Shushtar
The mills of Shushtar built below the dam on the river Karun. In 1992 Michael Harverson visited Iran to look for watermills. One of the
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Priority Collections
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
More mills in the news
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
National Mills Weekend 2019 – report and pictures!
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
Volunteer Spotlight: Tolkien’s Token Mill
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
Heritage Partner Spotlight: Eling Tide Mill Experience Celebrates One Year Anniversary!
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
Gems of the Archive: The Women Who Mill Alone
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
A visit to Wright’s flour mill
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:
Gems of the Archive: Milling About
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
Be a Mills Detective: May edition
Can you help us identify these archive photos of watermill sites? Unfortunately, many of these are left unidentified or misidentified for various reasons. We need