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Yet another fire at Sion Mills

July 30 2011 by Elizabeth Trout (720 views)
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Avid readers of Mill Writing may reacall an item from Richard Mallett last October about a fire at Sion Mills. Well, now there has been another

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Brixton Windmill - details of reopening

April 26 2011 by Nancy Platts (877 views)
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Brixton Windmill will reopen to the public on Monday 2nd May 2011. This photo was taken the day the sails went back on - 7th April 2011. A day that caused huge excitement amongst local people, the media and the …

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Joseph Thompson RIP

April 04 2011 by William Hill (435 views)
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A FORMER owner of Skidby Windmill has died. Joseph Thompson, 94, was descended from the Thompson family who had run Skidby Mill since the 19th century. Mr Thompson sold the mill to Beverley Borough Council for £1 in 1966 and …

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News of Mills

February 06 2011 by Ron (566 views)
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William Hill's most recent news circular details 11 Internet links including comments on the sale of Thorpeness (pictured) as well as material on Jack, Stone Cross and Upminster

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East End’s Three Mills site gets restoration ‘green light’ in time for Olympics

November 21 2010 by William Hill (773 views)
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House Mill in LB Newham – a Grade I-listed flour mill of international importance and perched on the edge of the Olympic Park - has been given the green light by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a £2.65million* grant. …

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New Sweeps for West Blatchington

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.

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Fire in Sion Mills

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"

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British Millwrights Downunder

July 22 2010 by Jonathan Cook (817 views)
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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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KMS in action

June 18 2010 by Geoff Holman (751 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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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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