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Working on Kent Mills

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November 07 2010 by Geoff Holman (616 views)
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Vincent Pargeter is speaking on "Working on Kent MIlls" and Arthur Percival on "The Gunpowder Industry" at the Kent Mills Society Meeting in Faversham, starting at 2pm on Saturday 20 November. Entry is free so do come and join us! …

New Sweeps for West Blatchington

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November 05 2010 by Sussex Miller (729 views)
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Two sweeps at West Blatchington Windmill in Hove were removed by volunteers from Jill Windmill. The replacement sweeps are being made by volunteers from High Salvington Windmill. This is yet another example of co-operation between mills in Sussex.

Mystery Five-sailed Mill

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November 04 2010 by Leo van der Drfit (728 views)
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I was wondering whether anyone could possibly identify the attached windmill.

Gone with the Wind; Windmills and those around Tring

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November 01 2010 by Ron (649 views)
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A new book on windmills in this part of the Hertfordshire is a welcome arrival, especially as it has 202 pages and is fully illustrated

Fire in Sion Mills

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October 31 2010 by Richard Mallett (765 views)
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The BBC reported (Oct 30) that "Firefighters have brought under control a blaze at the site of a historic mill in a County Tyrone village"

Suffolk Windmill Postcards

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October 27 2010 by Ron (656 views)
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The Mills Archive has several copies of many Simmons postcards and is starting to sell them on eBay to raise funds. Friends of the Mills Archive get the first chance to buy them at a fixed price and post free. …

Mystery Post Mill

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October 20 2010 by Michael Yates (757 views)
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Within the last few weeks, I have purchased a windmill photo probably dating from about 1920 that shows a post mill with the remains of a roof mounted fantail. I attach a copy of this photo.

£500 Prize for Research Competition

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October 16 2010 by Ron (470 views)
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As part of its brief “to promote encourage or undertake research and disseminate the useful results of such research” the Mills Archive is launching two research competitions with cash prizes and guarantees of publication. The research must be on a …

3D models of mills on Google Earth

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October 15 2010 by Jonathan Green (567 views)
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I just thought you might be interested, I've been working to produce 3D computerised models of watermills and windmills for the 3D layer on Google Earth. They do lose a little detail when optimised by Google, but are still quite …

Starring Role for Nutley Windmill

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October 09 2010 by Luke Bonwick (686 views)
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Nutley windmill is only one of a series of mills whose restoration is featured in great detail in Frank Gregory Online. Twelve others are detailed in Frank's biography, written and published as part of the project.
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