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Mill Writing

Mill Named Brewery of the Year

March 03 2010 by Willioam Hill (34 views)
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Donnington Brewery in the Cotswolds has been named the UK's Brewery of the Year by the Good Pub Guide.

Knockando Watermill survives

February 03 2010 by RF Cookson (139 views)
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William Hill's recent list of Internet links to mill news includes an uplifiting article in Saga Magazine. In 2004 the mill lost out in the BBC's Restoration programme.

Speldhurst Mill Planning Application

December 20 2009 by Rob Cumming (296 views)
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I recently went down to Bradleys Mill, Speldhurst, near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, and was alarmed to find it fenced off, as if ready for redevelopment or conversion.

ONLINE PETITION

December 02 2009 by Jonathan Cook (282 views)
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The Traditional Cornmillers Guild has logged an e-petition with No10 Downing Street to raise our concerns regarding the impact of the proposed fortification of flour with folic acid on traditional milling in the UK.

Impact on mills of proposed legislation to fortify flour with folic acid

November 24 2009 by Jonathan Cook (229 views)
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The Traditional Cornmillers' Guild asserts that implementation of proposed legislation may cause wind and water mills to have to cease flour production risking their future viability.

Kent Mills Society is launched

November 23 2009 by Geoff Holman and Rob Cumming (291 views)
Kent Millers' Tales &Mill People & Family History &News of Mills &Research &Watermills &Windmills | Leave a comment

There has been a lot interest in the formation of a new group, mainly from postings on the Mills Archive website. We are calling ourselves the Kent Mills Society to differentiate us from the previous Kent group which ceased to …

Mystery Watermill - possibly Sussex

November 15 2009 by Sue Whitmore (312 views)
Watermills | 1 Comment

This August I exhibited two paintings of the same mill from different sides painted in the 1930's by my father, Robert Whitmore. They were in a centenary exhibition of his work in his home town of King's Lynn as part …

Putting Old Watermills Back to Work

November 15 2009 by Ron Cookson (298 views)
Electricity Generation &Watermills | Leave a comment

GM Bartlett's letter in today's Sunday Telegraph bemoans the emphasis on wind turbines in Wales when there are so many watermill sites available.

New!! Kent Mills Society

November 02 2009 by Rob Cumming & Geoff Holman (423 views)
Kent Millers' Tales &News of Mills &Watermills &Windmills | 1 Comment

Following the earlier discussion on Mill Writing and and a very successful meeting at The Black Windmill, Whitstable, we have been encouraged to set up a new Kent Mills Society. The aims of the Society are to raise awareness and …