Mill writing

Kent Mills Society is launched

November 23 2009 by Geoff Holman and Rob Cumming (4608 views)
Kent & Mill People & Family History & News of Mills & Research & Watermills & Windmills | Leave a comment

There has been a lot interest in the formation of a new group, mainly from postings on the Mills Archive website. We are calling ourselves the Kent Mills Society to differentiate us from the previous Kent group which ceased to …

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Help for Wind Engines

November 17 2009 by Debra Nicholson (1178 views)
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Morse’s Wind Engine Park is looking for help – we need letters of support to accompany the planning application we are submitting.

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Mystery Watermill - possibly Sussex

November 15 2009 by Sue Whitmore (930 views)
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This August I exhibited two paintings of the same mill from different sides painted in the 1930's by my father, Robert Whitmore. They were in a centenary exhibition of his work in his home town of King's Lynn as part …

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Putting Old Watermills Back to Work

November 15 2009 by Ron Cookson (1583 views)
Electricity Generation & Watermills | Leave a comment

GM Bartlett's letter in today's Sunday Telegraph bemoans the emphasis on wind turbines in Wales when there are so many watermill sites available.

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Kent Outrage

November 11 2009 by John Boucher, Luke Bonwick & Geoff Holman (1077 views)
Kent | 1 comment

John found a fascinating item on agricultrual machinery in Kent being ravaged by roaming bands of men

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New!! Kent Mills Society

November 02 2009 by Rob Cumming & Geoff Holman (1335 views)
Kent & News of Mills & Watermills & Windmills | 1 comment

Following the earlier discussion on Mill Writing and and a very successful meeting at The Black Windmill, Whitstable, we have been encouraged to set up a new Kent Mills Society. The aims of the Society are to raise awareness and …

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Ladies please

November 01 2009 by William Hill (964 views)
Mill People & Family History & Mills outside the UK & Watermills & Windmills | 2 comments

Heage Gets a lady miller (though they seem to have forgotten Mildred Cookson...) and a US lady miller is also featured

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Jack Windmill loses a Sweep

October 26 2009 by Sussex Miller (1338 views)
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Paul Barber reports that the efforts taken by Jack And Jill Windmills Society in replacing a stock on Jill windmill in 2007 are justified by the recent damage to Jack windmill.

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Beware!!! Scrap of thieves!!!

October 26 2009 by Jonathan McGuinness (750 views)
News of Mills & Windmills | Leave a comment

Last week, North Leverton mill fell victim to theft of valuable items from the mill. Two sets of sail shackles, one pair of stump irons, a spider crank, one forked sail rod, a quant for the French stones including a …

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2012 Olympics and Heritage

October 22 2009 by Ron Cookson (731 views)
Watermills & Windmills | Leave a comment

Could Mills benefit from this latest HLF announcment? If you have a project in mind that could have an Olympic connection it is worth reading on!

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