Caring for their future: Recording\, Repairing\, & Resear ching Mills
\n \nWatlington House Garden Hall\, South Street\, Reading RG1 4RA
\n \nThe conference will focus on the maintenance\, rep air and monitoring of mills and how to create\, pr eserve and display documents.
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ll be a chaired panel discussion with speakers aft
er the morning talks and after the afternoon talks
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Refreshments will be available during break tim es.
\n \nDelegates will have the opportunity to see s ome of Rex Wailes' drawings on display at the Mill s Archive Trust.
\n \nThe Mills Archive Trust will be providing a book stall (cash sales only).
\n \nAdditional information and a detailed programme w ill be published at a later time.
\n \nBy the end of the course\, you will know/understand/be able to:
\n \nhow to record and preserv e documents
\nobtain an overview of mills at risk and mil l listing
\nfind out abou t the newest technology to monitor the wind flow o f windmills
\nhear about challenges about mill repairs and maintenance
\ nMildred Cookson is a for mer miller and joined the SPAB Mills Section in 19 76 and the Section Committee in 1984. She is parti cularly involved in working with millwrights\; she also established the programme of one-day trainin g courses and the Mill Repair Fund. She was previo usly a trustee of the SPAB and chairman of the Mil ls Section Committee\, and is the editor of the Se ction’s magazine ‘Mill News’. She is also actively involved as a trustee of the Mills Archive Trust.
\n \nNathanael Hodge has been Archivist of the Mills Archive Trust since 20 16. In his role he is responsible for taking care of the Trust’s archival collections\, making them available to the public in person and online\, and ensuring the Archive adheres to professional stan dards and best practice.
\n \nDunca n McCallum\, Chair of the SPAB\, Duncan h as almost 40 years of experience in the heritage s ector. He studied planning and building conservati on at Newcastle and York Universities and undertoo k a variety of heritage roles across England in lo cal authorities. He joined English Heritage in 199 6\, later moving to Historic England. His final ro le there was as Strategy and Listing Director. He left in 2022 to devote his time to various heritag e-related and other voluntary causes.
\n \nJustin Coombs has been a voluntee r at Upminster Windmill for over 40 years\, and le d the final phases of the Heritage Lottery-funded restoration and activity programme. During the 20 20 pandemic he transferred his professional skills from software development and electronics to deve lop technology to remotely monitor the windmill. This technology has now been deployed to over 30 w indmills in the UK\, the Netherlands and Germany. Justin will tell the story of how the technology was designed and built and how the data being coll ected is now contributing to mill maintenance and conservation.
\n \nAccessibility
\n \n < ul>\nGround floor access
\nThe address is Watlington House Gard en Hall\, South Street\, Reading RG1 4RA
\n \nIf you are tra velling by train\, the nearest station is Reading Station\, which is around 15 minutes from Watlingt on Hall by bus or on foot
\nThere is no parking at the venue\, but Quee ns Road car park is nearby\, Queens Road\, Rea ding RG1 4PX (satnav RG1 4AR) more information here
\nPhotos and filming: We may take p hotos or videos at this event to be used in future promotion\, including in print and online. Partic ipants may take photos and short videos for person al use\, with permission of the course leader and all other participants in frame. If you want to po st on social media\, please message SPAB's Comms T eam (press@spab.org.uk or @spab1877) for permissio n. If your material is good\, we might ask to shar e it with our followers.
\n \nAll bookings are subject to our Terms and Conditio ns.
\n \nPhoto credit: Brampton Mill © James Innerdale
DESCRIPTION:Caring for their future: Recording\, Repairing\, & Researching Mills\n \n \n \n Saturday 13 June 202 6\, 10am – 4.15pm\n \n \n Watlington House Garden Hall\, South Street\, Reading RG1 4RA\n \n \n \n T he conference will focus on the maintenance\, repa ir and monitoring of mills and how to create\, pre serve and display documents.\n \n \n \n Mildred Co okson and Nathanael Hodge from the Mills Archive T rust\, will share their knowledge on caring for do cuments and images and project archivist Hei-Yan T sui will share some finds from the Rex Wailes coll ection. Dr Toby Huitson and Duncan McCallum will e xplore the Mills at Risk theme and the intricacies of listing historic buildings. Justin Coombs will demonstrate his innovative Smartmolen Project\, a nd we will also hear from water-mill expert Stephe n Bartlett about flood warning and prevention for watermills.\n \n \n There will be a chaired panel discussion with speakers after the morning talks a nd after the afternoon talks.\n \n \n \n Refreshme nts will be available during break times.\n \n \n \n Delegates will have the opportunity to see som e of Rex Wailes' drawings on display at the Mills Archive Trust.\n \n \n \n The Mills Archive Trust will be providing a book stall (cash sales only).\ n \n \n \n Additional information and a detailed p rogramme will be published at a later time.\n \n \ n \n You will learn and discover\n \n \n By the en d of the course\, you will know/understand/be able to: \n \n \n \n \n \n how to record and preserv e documents\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n obtain an ov erview of mills at risk and mill listing\n \n \n \n \n find out about the newest technology to mo nitor the wind flow of windmills\n \n \n \n \n hear about challenges about mill repairs and maint enance\n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker Information\n \n \n Mildred Cookson is a former miller and joined t he SPAB Mills Section in 1976 and the Section Comm ittee in 1984. She is particularly involved in wor king with millwrights\; she also established the p rogramme of one-day training courses and the Mill Repair Fund. She was previously a trustee of the S PAB and chairman of the Mills Section Committee\, and is the editor of the Section’s magazine ‘Mill News’. She is also actively involved as a trustee of the Mills Archive Trust.\n \n \n \n Nathanael H odge has been Archivist of the Mills Archive Trust since 2016. In his role he is responsible for tak ing care of the Trust’s archival collections\, mak ing them available to the public in person and onl ine\, and ensuring the Archive adheres to professi onal standards and best practice.\n \n \n \n Dunca n McCallum\, Chair of the SPAB\, Duncan has almost 40 years of experience in the heritage sector. He studied planning and building conservation at New castle and York Universities and undertook a varie ty of heritage roles across England in local autho rities. He joined English Heritage in 1996\, later moving to Historic England. His final role there was as Strategy and Listing Director. He left in 2 022 to devote his time to various heritage-related and other voluntary causes.\n \n \n \n Justin Coo mbs has been a volunteer at Upminster Windmill for over 40 years\, and led the final phases of the H eritage Lottery-funded restoration and activity pr ogramme. During the 2020 pandemic he transferred his professional skills from software development and electronics to develop technology to remotely monitor the windmill. This technology has now bee n deployed to over 30 windmills in the UK\, the Ne therlands and Germany. Justin will tell the story of how the technology was designed and built and how the data being collected is now contributing t o mill maintenance and conservation.\n \n \n \n Ac cessibility\n \n \n \n \n \n Ground floor access \n \n \n \n \n \n How to get there\n \n \n \n \n The address is Watlington House Garden Hall\, So uth Street\, Reading RG1 4RA\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n If you are travelling by train\, the nearest station is Reading Station\, which is around 15 mi nutes from Watlington Hall by bus or on foot\n \n \n \n \n There is no parking at the venue\, but Queens Road car park (https://www.google.com/maps /dir/Watlington+House\,+44+Watlington+St\,+Reading +RG1+4RJ/Queens+Road+Car+Park\,+Queens+Rd\,+Readin g+RG1+4AR/@51.4534473\,-0.9647638\,18z/data=!4m14! 4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x48769b3966c06ac7:0x1e42822c7c631f f1!2m2!1d-0.9616001!2d51.4528575!1m5!1m1!1s0x48769 b200c4931bd:0xcad465ff1e2dd7fc!2m2!1d-0.9659557!2d 51.4537084!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMyOS4wIKXM DSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) is nearby\, Queens Road\, Readin g RG1 4PX (satnav RG1 4AR) more information here ( https://www.reading.gov.uk/vehicles-roads-and-tran sport/parking/car-parks/queens-road-car-park/)\n \ n \n \n \n \n \n Photos and filming: We may take photos or videos at this event to be used in futur e promotion\, including in print and online. Parti cipants may take photos and short videos for perso nal use\, with permission of the course leader and all other participants in frame. If you want to p ost on social media\, please message SPAB's Comms Team (press@spab.org.uk or @spab1877) for permissi on. If your material is good\, we might ask to sha re it with our followers.\n \n \n \n All bookings are subject to our Terms and Conditions (https://w ww.spab.org.uk/content/booking-terms-and-condition s).\n \n \n \n Photo credit: Brampton Mill © James Innerdale\n \n CATEGORIES:Visit CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T094500 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T094500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260613T161500 LOCATION:Watlington Hall\n 44 Watlington Street\n Reading\, BRK RG1 4RJ\n United Kingdom\n URL:https://www.spab.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1298 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR