The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

Our first meeting of 2012. With special guest speakers flying in from The Netherlands and France to share their experiences as well as key updates on recent developments both here and in Europe, this is shaping up to be an extremely interesting and informative meeting.

Date: Saturday 10th March

Venue: Mills Archive, Reading  For a map see the Mills Archive web site.

Agenda 

9:30 - 10:30am Coffee, Registration and Bookstall

10:30am Morning Session

• Celebrating 10 years of the Mills Archive                     Ron Cookson
• The Traditional Corn Millers Guild Documentary Film     Jon Cook
• Traditional Milling for a Living                                      speaker tbc                           

12:30-2pm Lunch                                                                    

2pm Afternoon Session 1

• Sustainable development with Historic Mills                Jan Spaens (French Mills Association)
• A perspective from The Netherlands                          Wouter Pfieffer (Cultural Heritage Agency for The Netherlands)

3:30pm Tea and cake

3:50pm Afternoon Session 2

• The Mills Section in the 21st Century                            Jon Cook 
• Update from the Mills Section Office                             Emma Sheridan-Smith                                                                

5pm Close of the Meeting