Mill writing

The Brick Chimney

July 25 2010 by Sussex Miller (1340 views)
Windmills | 14 comments

Sussex Mills Group’s 2010 out-of county tour was to Hampshire. The vast majority of participants have been actively involved with mills for many years. Upon arrival at Bursledon Windmill we were informed that due to fire precautions only five persons …

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British Millwrights Downunder

July 22 2010 by Jonathan Cook (817 views)
News of Mills & Mills outside the UK & Watermills | Leave a comment

As you may be aware, Neil Medcalf is making excellent progress in Tasmania rebuilding Callington Mill. The link below shows the sails going on.

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Mystery Windmill

July 15 2010 by Fred Atkins (963 views)
Windmills | 3 comments

A new acquaintance has shown me a number of windmills photographed around the 1930s. A number of them were unidentified, but Luke Bonwick kindly and promptly filled in all the blanks except for one. I wonder if anyone can identify …

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A Threat to all our Mill Groups

July 06 2010 by Ron (605 views)
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It will only be a few years before members of mill groups will no longer be able to pay their subscriptions by cheque! Whatever alternatives are introduced will cause problems of one sort or another.

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Interested in Windmill Postcards?

July 01 2010 by Ron (1007 views)
Collectors & Windmills | 1 comment

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. …

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New Book on the arrival of a steam mill

June 24 2010 by Ron (674 views)
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An interesting new approach to a mill book is taken by Chris Mesely in Millers and Methodists

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Amazing Price for a piece of paper

June 19 2010 by Ron (939 views)
Windmills | 2 comments

An eBay auction has just finished fo a Carte de Visite fetching £265. Can anyone identify it? It was captioned "Victorian SUSSEX MILL FARM + Windmill c.1860s" and a fuller description mentions a couple of possibel sites

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KMS in action

June 18 2010 by Geoff Holman (751 views)
Kent & Mill Groups & News of Mills & Windmills | Leave a comment

On 30 May 2010, a working party from the Kent Mills Society, with permission from the owner, went to the site of the Stodmarsh windpump and managed to extract some remains from the dyke.

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Mills and Milling in the Herne Bay Area

June 04 2010 by Ron (731 views)
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The Friends of Herne Mill and the Herne Bay Historical Society have just published an impressive update of Harold Gough's 1986 book on the mills of Herne Bay.

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Stotfold Watermill volunteers recognised

June 02 2010 by Paul Redwood (745 views)
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Our volunteer team have been honoured by the Queen for the work done in restoring the Mill from a derelict shell to a fully working watermill that is open to the public.

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