“Newport’s cattle market had not seen anything like it before. There, talking business among the weather-beaten faces of Isle of...
“With flour-dust sprinkled in her greying hair and a beaming smile [she] runs, all alone, the centuries-old watermill of Thunder...
Transport links are the lifeline of milling. This photograph shows a steam wagon outside Sonning watermill. The wagon is called...
Some mills have miraculous powers. This postcard was produced by the Belgium publisher Marco Marchovici in the early 20th century....
After a lifetime of milling, William Cornwell was presented with this attractive certificate. This attractive certificate was presented to William...
You never know what may lie inside an advertisement. This Gem is a trade card for Washburn Crosby Company Flour...
“You worked blindly and towards an unknown end; but your end was certain.” This beautiful watercolour is from a collection...
‘By a piece of singular good fortune, no one was killed.’ This book called A Train Errant shines a light on a...
Mills are often used as a symbol of rebirth. This intriguing Gem is a pre-First World War postcard entitled ‘The...
“It was then that she heard the bloodcurdling screams of her stricken husband.” This contemporary sketch was sold following a...
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