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Millwrighting Tradition
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November 30 2008 by TIMS Lady (1715 views)
Mills outside the UK & TIMS & Windmills | Leave a comment - Mike Beacham writes about traditional millwrighting practices and how they vary to meet specific regional needs. Examples from Schleswig-Holstein, Eire, Turkey and Britain are mentioned. The full article follows:
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Green Power is not so simple!
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November 26 2008 by Ron Cookson (1665 views)
Electricity Generation & Mills outside the UK & TIMS & Watermills | 2 comments - Frans Bouwers from Belgium responded to William Hill's news item on watermills and green power (see the thread "Anyone interested in Mill News?") by pointing out some of the problems with turbines in Flanders. His email follows:
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Chislet Mill anyone?
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November 25 2008 by Virginia Silvester (2702 views)
Kent & Mill People & Family History & Windmills | 2 comments - I have done a lot of research on the early millers at Chislet and this is detailed below. A follow-up item has also been posted see http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/chislet_mill_historical_research_an_update/
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Sussex Industrial History Online
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November 25 2008 by Ron Cookson (1335 views)
Research & Windmills | Leave a comment - Don Cox has emailed to announce the annual periodical of the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society, which includes the Sussex Mills Group, is now available online.
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Frank Gregory and his model of Nutley Mill
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November 19 2008 by Luke Bonwick (1744 views)
Frank Gregory Online & Mill People & Family History & Windmills | 3 comments - The photograph was probably taken in about 1970.
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The only English village with two working post mills?
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November 19 2008 by Sussex Miller (1978 views)
Windmills | 2 comments - On Thursday 23rd October 2008, Oldland Windmill ground flour for the first time in around 100 years. This post mill, along with Jack and Jill Windmills, is located in Hassocks, West Sussex. Jill Windmill has been grinding flour since 1986. …
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Maud Foster windmill has lost a sail
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November 13 2008 by Peter King (3559 views)
News of Mills & Windmills | 1 comment - In the high winds of last weekend, 8th-9th November, Maud Foster mill in Boston had one of its sails snapped off, and fall through the roof of the neighbouring building.
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Anyone Interested in Mill News?
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November 10 2008 by Ron Cookson (2076 views)
News of Mills & Watermills & Windmills | 2 comments - William Hill regularly circulates a list of links to current media reports on windmills and watermills. I have copied his latest circular below. Comments welcome on the news items and on whether we should include the list in Mill Writing! …
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What has happened to Mill Research?
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November 04 2008 by Ron Cookson (1985 views)
Research & Mills outside the UK & Watermills & Windmills | 17 comments - Although we get a steady stream of enquiries at the Mills Archive, most originate from family historians or owners of mills with very specific interests. Where are the researchers with a wider field of enquiry? As an interested observer, rather …
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