Mill writing

£500 Prize for Research Competition

October 16 2010 by Ron (472 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 …

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3D models of mills on Google Earth

October 15 2010 by Jonathan Green (569 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 …

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Frank Gregory Online Launched

October 06 2010 by Ron (597 views)
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Frank Gregory Online has involved the cataloguing and digitisation of more than 30,000 new archival items from the collection of Frank W Gregory. These are now freely available for people to download and view.

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Albert Ribbans - who was he?

October 02 2010 by TIMS Lady (1136 views)
Mill People & Family History & Watermills & Windmills | 1 comment

Albert Ribbans seems to have painted in watercolour several wind and watermills, including Garboldisham and this painting of Balsham in Cambs

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A Passion for Mill Repair

September 16 2010 by Ron (711 views)
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May I bring to your attention the meeting at the Artworkers’ Guild in London on November 13 organised by the Mills Archive for the SPAB Mills Section? It marks the successful completion of the Frank Gregory Online Project, which has …

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Tide Mill Institute 2010 Conference

August 31 2010 by Ron (553 views)
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HERITAGE AND SUSTAINABILITY - The 6th Annual Tide Mill Conference – November 12 and 13, 2010, Massachusetts, USA

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British Millwrights Downunder

July 22 2010 by Jonathan Cook (822 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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Stotfold Watermill volunteers recognised

June 02 2010 by Paul Redwood (749 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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Loix Tide Mill threatened with being demolished

May 06 2010 by Cláudia Silveira and others (923 views)
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Portuguese and French mill people are hoping to raise international concern about the proposed destruction of the only tide mill in Ile de Ré. Please make your comments on their blog at http://sauvezlemoulinamaree.over-blog.org/

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National Monuments Record archives catalogues now online

April 28 2010 by Ron (673 views)
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The National Monuments Record's archives catalogues, with some images, describing over a million photographs and other archives, are now online at http://www.englishheritagearchives.org.uk.

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