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Mill Named Brewery of the Year

March 03 2010 by Willioam Hill (39 views)
Watermills | Leave a comment

Donnington Brewery in the Cotswolds has been named the UK's Brewery of the Year by the Good Pub Guide.

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Knockando Watermill survives

February 03 2010 by RF Cookson (143 views)
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William Hill's recent list of Internet links to mill news includes an uplifiting article in Saga Magazine. In 2004 the mill lost out in the BBC's Restoration programme.

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Goole mill to be revamped

January 24 2010 by William Hill (203 views)
News of Mills &Windmills | Leave a comment

Looking at this sorry photo, hard to disagree,... http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1642454

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Hand Mills Anyone?

January 21 2010 by Tacco Van Geertruyen (235 views)
Muscle Powered Mills &Research | 1 Comment

I am a archaeology student at the university of Ghent (in Belgium) and I'm a bit stuck on the situation of the first rotating hand mills in England

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Lytham Windmills Gets a New Website

January 11 2010 by Steve Williams (241 views)
Windmills | Leave a comment

I have created a new website for Lytham Windmill. I keep adding bits now and then!

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Unknown windmill

January 01 2010 by Andy Harris (361 views)
Windmills | 4 Comments

Can you advise on how to find out about this windmill or can anyone identify this?

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Bill Howell RIP

December 27 2009 by TIMS Lady (231 views)
Mill People & Family History &TIMS | Leave a comment

I have just heard from Willem van Bergen that Bill died earlier this year. The brother of Charlie, who died some years ago, he will be sadly missed

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Speldhurst Mill Planning Application

December 20 2009 by Rob Cumming (304 views)
Mill Groups &News of Mills &Watermills | Leave a comment

I recently went down to Bradleys Mill, Speldhurst, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, and was alarmed to find it fenced off, as if ready for redevelopment or conversion.

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Threat to Mill Groups

December 18 2009 by RF Cookson (219 views)
Mill Groups &News of Mills | Leave a comment

Mill Groups and other small organisations will not be able to receive donations by cheque from 2018

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ONLINE PETITION

December 02 2009 by Jonathan Cook (290 views)
News of Mills &Watermills &Windmills | Leave a comment

The Traditional Cornmillers Guild has logged an e-petition with No10 Downing Street to raise our concerns regarding the impact of the proposed fortification of flour with folic acid on traditional milling in the UK.

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