Photographs of mills in the UK. Also some of mills in France, Barbados, Belgium, Spain and Greece.
Alastair Wilson Collection
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- ReferenceGB 3132 WILS
- Dates of CreationLate 20th century
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description3 boxes
- LocationUpper Heyford - BX0000001517781Upper Heyford - BX0000001517780Upper Heyford - BX0000000425975
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
A surgeon who worked most of his life in Birmingham and the midlands. As a trainee in the 1940s he spent 12 months in Amsterdam and Zwolle and visited working mills there. In his retirement he assisted the miller of Danzey Green post mill at the Avoncroft Museum. He also went on numerous overseas trips with the Midlands Mills group, as well as searching for mills when abroad on other business
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Note
A surgeon who worked most of his life in Birmingham and the midlands. As a trainee in the 1940s he spent 12 months in Amsterdam and Zwolle and visited working mills there. In his retirement he assisted the miller of Danzey Green post mill at the Avoncroft Museum. He also went on numerous overseas trips with the Midlands Mills group, as well as searching for mills when abroad on other business
Archivist's Note
Collection level description by Nathanael Hodge, May 2015; revised May 2019.
Custodial History
Donated to the archive 2006-2012, 2019.
Additional Information
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