Mill writing

Foston Windmill

January 15 2009 by Jon Sass (1114 views)
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I remember Foston Windmill very derelict in the early 1960's and still a noble landmark on the AI . I would like to amplify Adam's post http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/sails_from_telgraph_poles

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Pembrokeshire Mills

January 14 2009 by Mike Bennett (1124 views)
Research & Watermills & Windmills | 1 comment

Can you help with a research project on an interesting area of Wales?

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Sails from telegraph poles

January 11 2009 by Adam Marriott (1143 views)
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The Mills Archive picture of Foston windmill in their newly relased Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/millsarchive/ shows a mill whose sails I have always liked

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News of Mills January 2009

January 11 2009 by William Hill (1248 views)
Electricity Generation & News of Mills & Mills outside the UK & Windmills | Leave a comment

Holgate Windmil, Brill Windmill Fulwell Windmill and Rye Windmill all feature with items on the US wind farm industry and the Severn Barrage

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Millers in Broughton by Brigg Lincolnshire

January 11 2009 by Nick (3180 views)
Mill People & Family History & Windmills | 1 comment

I’ve had another look at all the census records I have for Broughton mill and have put together a chronology of millers. I hope that this is of use/interest. Can anyone add information? Is this mill at Castlethorpe the one …

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Anger over ‘green’ plans to harness energy from UK rivers

January 11 2009 by Ron Cookson (1143 views)
Electricity Generation & Watermills | 1 comment

Anglers have attacked plans to build hundreds of "environmentally-friendly" water mills in British rivers. Jasper Copping in the Sunday Telegraph reports.

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Old Glory

January 09 2009 by Jim Woodward-Nutt (740 views)
News of Mills & Windmills | 1 comment

Thereis a good article in the January edition of 'Old Glory' magazine on Polkey's Drainage Mill, Norfolk, which has recently been restored by Vincent Pargeter. It might be a good idea if a few people wrote to 'Old Glory' about …

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Mill News 29 Dec 2008

December 29 2008 by William Hill (1060 views)
News of Mills & Mills outside the UK & Watermills & Windmills | 1 comment

Links this month feature a Dutch mill image library, a Canadian windmill and UK mills in Crosby, Brill and the Peak District. There is a plug for "Remembering Three Mills" and of course, Wallace and Gromit - required viewimg for …

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Preston Mill near Faversham

December 28 2008 by Ron Cookson (1254 views)
Kent & Research & Windmills | Leave a comment

.Vincent Pargeter has commented on the curious sweeps on the smock mill near Faversham shown in the Mills Archive's new Flickr site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/millsarchive/ The site and Vincent's note are both of interest!

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Mills in Iceland

December 19 2008 by TIMS Lady (1241 views)
Mills outside the UK & TIMS & Windmills | 1 comment

Peter Cobley wrote a nice piece on a windmill he discovered on a trip to Iceland. The article can be read here

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