http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/ Mill Writing Blog en admin@millsarchivetrust.com Copyright 2012 2012-01-19T17:03:08+00:00 http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/goodbye_kodak_1886_-_2012/ http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/goodbye_kodak_1886_-_2012/#When:16:03:08Z The long-expected announcement has now arrived. The BBC reports today that Kodak has filed for bankruptcy protectionThe full report is here: "From Brownie and roll film to digital disaster" So many mill memories have been captured and shared over the 20th century using Kodak technology. Many will mourn the passing of an age. The Mills Archive has its share of Box Brownie photos and we even have a Carousel projector. Fortunately we use the technology that left Kodak behind, and scan both photos and slides, and not only to make them available on the Internet. An important advantage of digitising is that the images provide electronic surrogates of the originals, which mean they can largely be left undisturbed once they have been processed, Damage through handling used to be a big problem for archives; now our images can be inspected without a magnifying glass or even cotton gloves. Archive 2012-01-19T16:03:08+00:00 http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/so_was_heron_corn_mill_first/ http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/so_was_heron_corn_mill_first/#When:21:09:08Z Heron has already announced they are open on National Mills Weekend. It sounds like a good visit - archive films and refreshments - and the mill and turbine.The announcement is on their Facebook page - so has anyone else committed themselves? The full list is worth a look. Even if you cannot manage to get to Cumbria - do congratulate them on their other news: HERON CORN MILL (BEETHAM) LTD WINS HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND SUPPORT Heron Corn Mill in Beetham, near Milnthorpe, Cumbria has received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the Waterpower Connection Point project Looks like the place it is all happening! Events, National Mills Weekend, Watermills 2012-01-17T21:09:08+00:00 http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/what_is_happening_on_national_mills_weekend/ http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/what_is_happening_on_national_mills_weekend/#When:16:07:46Z Only 123 days to go - so what plans are already in place for our annual festival of mills?National Mills Weekend is the UK's best opportunity to tell the public about our mills. Many are open just for the weekend and we really need to give them as much publicity as possible. This year the dates are 12 and 13 May - so not much time left to tell the world about what is happening. If you hear about an event or know about a region, let us know and we will publicise it on Mill Writing. Don't forget the SPAB Mills Section's splendid information resource if you need detailed information about a particular mill Comment below or send us an email and a picture and we will help to spread the word! Events, National Mills Weekend, Watermills, Windmills 2012-01-10T16:07:46+00:00 http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/the_tide_mill_a_once_and_future_thing/ http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/the_tide_mill_a_once_and_future_thing/#When:14:54:11Z 7th ANNUAL CONFERENCE A HIT: More than fifty tide mill aficionados gathered at Kennebunkport Conservation Trust’s headquarters November 18th and 19th for Tide Mill Institute’s 7th annual conference to explore the past and future of tide mills.The illustration  is of delegates inspecting the archaeology of the 1746 Perkins grist mill at Kennebunkport. Once the restoration is complete it is likely that the mill will be the only operating tide mill on the US Atlantic coast A brief conference report is available in Tide Mill Times (see Related Articles below). Other tpics included are: HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK ‐ Tide mill seeking a new owner EASTPORT MAINE – Electrical power from the tides! RESEARCH ON TIDE MILL NUMBERS   Electricity Generation, Mills outside the UK, Watermills 2012-01-01T14:54:11+00:00 http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/free_tims_calendar/ http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/free_tims_calendar/#When:04:12:20Z TIMS has announced that its 2012 calendar is available as a free download from its home page.Katerina Toutouza and Olga Lekou from Greece have used superb drawings by Johan De Punt, made at the mill visits during the TIMS Symposium in Denmark. You can download the calendar here : www.molinology.org. The calendar can be printed in high quality on A4 or even on A3 format paper.     Publications, Mills outside the UK, TIMS 2011-12-24T04:12:20+00:00 http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/geoff_holman_rip/ http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/geoff_holman_rip/#When:14:57:06Z 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 much to deal with.Geoff was a well-regarded and popular figure in the UK mill world and his many friends will miss his cheerful humour. He was the last mill person in the line of the Holman family of millwrights and has done much to draw the threads of that story together.   In the last couple of years Geoff was active in promoting the Kent Mills Society. His last posting on this site was to promote a meeting of that group and the Society will not be able to replace him, even if they can find another chairman.   Kent, Mill People & Family History 2011-12-22T14:57:06+00:00 http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/horizontal_wind-powered_tannery_in_sandwich_kent_/ http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/horizontal_wind-powered_tannery_in_sandwich_kent_/#When:14:19:02Z 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 advertisements placed. The following one intrigues me, as it appears to be a horizontal windmill attached to a tannery in Sandwich, Kent:To Tanners, Builders, Farmers, and others: SANDWICH TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION by MR John Hicks (without reserve) On WEDNESDAY, the 16th day of MARCH, in the year 1842, on the Premises (The Sale to commence at 10 o' clock:- All the MATERIALS of that substantial brick built DWELLING HOUSE, and the fixtures therein, lately occupied by Mr Anthony Slaughter; likewise the horizontal WINDMILL, with the entire machinery for working the same; also all that extensive range of OUTBUILDINGS, comprising a large brick-built storehouse, with slated roof containing first, second, and third floors, and fittings formerly used in the wool trade, two long timber built drying sheds, with tiled roof, barn, stable, mill-house and beam house.  The whole of the plank contained in the plant, a quantity of stone paving and bricks, also a lead cistern in oak frame; the whole of which will be put into lots, to be taken down and removed from the premises. May be viewed and the particulars and catalogues had seven days prior to the day of Sale, on application to the Auctioneer, Market-street, Sandwich. N.B. -: the FREEHOLD LAND whereon the above buildings stand, and the garden ground near, which is also Freehold, with the walls around the same, will be SOLD by AUCTION, in Two Lots, shortly, and if not disposed of by Private Contract, respecting which Application can be made to MR KENNETT, Solicitor, Dover." Has anyone ideas where this may have stood, or any further information on it? as it appears to have eluded published sources before. Kent, Research, Windmills 2011-12-13T14:19:02+00:00 http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/mill_memories_recalled/ http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/mill_memories_recalled/#When:08:37:04Z 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 the new Archimedean screw at Mapledurham. The photo (from Sheila Viner) shows a small section of the audience listening to the talk on Brill and Stanton windmills. The speakers were respectively Alan Stoyel, Jeff Hawksley, Luke Bonwick, Michael Harverson, Rob Shorland-Ball and Mildred Cookson. Section Chairman, James Waterfield, thanked the Archive for providing the facilites free of charge and expressed the intention to hold another meeting at our site as soon as practicable. The delegates appreciated the effort put in by the Mills Archive volunteers to make things flow smoothly and were made aware of the breadth and depth of our collections. A sale of second-hand and new books raised funds for the Section and the Archive. The event was a great success and demonstrated how the Archive can do practical things to help the Mills Section as an acknowledgment of their support for us.    Kent, Archive, Events, Watermills, Windmills 2011-12-01T08:37:04+00:00 http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/how_exciting_how_brave/ http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/how_exciting_how_brave/#When:14:39:53Z These words open an enthralling and entertaining account of how three families rescued a listed, derelict mill that was being pulled into the river.The book by Clare and James Currey is featured in the Mills Archive shop and is worth seriously considering as a Christmas present for yourself or a mill person you know. The mill in question is Walkern Watermill in Hertfordshire. Collectors, Watermills 2011-11-19T14:39:53+00:00 http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/time_to_decide/ http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/index.php/blogs/more/time_to_decide/#When:17:24:09Z If you don't know what you really want for Christmas, why not choose one of the carefully selected items in the "Suitable Presents" section of the Mills Archive Bookshop?There are currently 75 books with prices ranging from £5 to £150 - you can even email suggestions to someone looking for a present for you! Amazingly (unless you live in the UK) you have less than 4 weeks to buy that book you have always wanted for Christmas. The latest date for posting is 9 December (airmail). Even if you live locally, someone may beat you to it. Why not, have a look at http://shop.millsarchivetrust.org/home.php?cat=16 and see what there is.   Collectors, Mills outside the UK, Watermills, Windmills 2011-11-14T17:24:09+00:00