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Kent windmills & watermills

August 27 2012 by Ron (583 views)
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Artist Tom Burnham and local author Gregory Holyoake have collaborated and jointly published a special edition art book featuring sixteen Kent mills.

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Kent Mills Society - Notice of Closure

February 21 2012 by KMS Committee (625 views)
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As already announced to our membership, we are closing the Kent Mills Society with immediate effect.

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Geoff Holman RIP

December 22 2011 by Ron (1108 views)
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It is with great sadness that I relay news of Geoff's death. Geoff passed way on 20 December in London after a short illness. Geoff's family have asked that nobody contacts the family by email or phone as they have …

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Horizontal Wind-powered Tannery in Sandwich, Kent (?)

December 13 2011 by Rob Cumming (959 views)
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I've recently been looking through a newish website called British Newspapers Online which has a wealth of national and regional newspapers from 1750-1950. It is searchable by string (although the search engine doesn't work too well). I've found some fascinating …

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Mill Memories recalled

December 01 2011 by Ron (1150 views)
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The SPAB Mills Section held its autumn meeting at the Mills Archive on Nov 26. Over 70 mill enthusiasts attended to hear six excellent talks on Kent watermills, horizontal waterwheels, two post mills, Ken Farries, a York roller mill and …

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Vote to help mill conservation in Kent

September 27 2011 by Dennis Usmar (1070 views)
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The time has arrived to vote for the" Valley Conservation society" project on the Natwest Community Force site. If you haven't already done so, please vote soon (26 Days remaining)

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Blocks at Herne Windmill

September 25 2011 by Fred Atkins (1052 views)
Kent & Windmills | 1 comment

Set in the inside wall of the ground floor at Herne Mill are a number of wooden blocks each the size of a brick. They are set in various positions.

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Working on Kent Mills

November 07 2010 by Geoff Holman (1027 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! …

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KMS in action

June 18 2010 by Geoff Holman (1129 views)
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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 (1084 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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