Future Events

13th March 2010 - (*) SPAB Mills Section Spring Meeting at NFU Mutual, Stratford on Avon.

(*) SPAB = Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

20th March 2010 - The Society's Millers' Forum meets at a mill near Llandrindod Wells, Powys. ( see Forum below )

Saturday 24th April 2010 -
The Society's Spring Meeting - Carmarthenshire

Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th May 2010 -
National Mills Weekend - Co-ordinated by SPAB Mills Section .

3-7 June 2010 - SPAB Mills Section tour of Netherlands Mills.

Saturday 24th October 2010 -
The Society's Autumn Meeting and 26th AGM

13 November 2010 - SPAB Mills Section Member's Meeting at Artworkers Guild, London.

Ongoing Activities -

Mucky Mills Gang

The Gang aims to give practical encouragement to mill owners by turning out for sessions helping with restoration and maintenance work.

Following the rescue of a waterwheel and machinery, we now have a 13 foot 6 inch overshot waterwheel, gearing, and two sets of millstones available for sale, preferably to a WMS member. .

If you are interested in joining the gang or know of a suitable project, please contact Andrew Findon by phone 01974 251231 or email afindon@fsmail.net

Mill research in Radnorshire -
New member Dr David Caldicott is researching ancestors who were millers in Radnorshire and Herefordshire. During the 1800s the family were involved in at least 12 mills in that area. If you have any information on millers of that surname (or variations ) please contact David by email - platypus@senet.com.au

See  About us - 2 - Past Events for recent Mucky Mills activity.

Millers Forum

We are planning to hold another forum to discuss topics of interest or concern to mill owners or potential mill owners , such as restoration techniques, hydro schemes, legislation, insurance, etc. The date is 20th March 2010 at a mill near Llandrindod Wells, Powys, at a price of £10 per person including a light lunch and refreshments. If you are interested in participating, or would like to raise a particular issue, please contact Andrew Findon (see above)

Forum Enews 4 will be emailed out during January 2010. News of members mills and other topics mainly of interest to mill owners will be covered, but it is available to any other WMS member free of charge. If you have not received a copy previously, contact Andrew (see above).

Millers Forum Newsletter - Enews 3 - January 2009 - web edition - can be downloaded from here (word document, 37 KB). The Enews is primarily meant for mill owners but any WMS member can have a copy of the full version sent to their email address free of charge. The full version of issue 3 includes: Suppliers of lime products, sluice gates, website hosting, special lubricants, hydro systems being developed at members' mills, Insurance scheme for mill owners, Work in progress at members mills, Mucky Mills Gang

Mystery Mill

	A 'Mystery mill' ! Does anyone have any idea where this mill is/was located? The photo was hidden behind another - a family group photo - in a frame. The family were from the Trawsfynydd area. Is there a link? It is quite a large structure for rural Wales; is it a corn mill or woollen factory, or neither, and is the chimney significant?

Recent activities - see  About us - 2 - Past Events

 

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