{"id":6427,"date":"2017-08-04T20:50:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T19:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?p=6427"},"modified":"2025-10-17T15:14:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:14:36","slug":"the-mills-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Mills Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Early in 2017 we received an Email from Jon Mills. He had been interested in Pillboxes and WWII defences from the early 1970&#8217;s but was now no longer interested and looking to find a home for his photographs and notes. Did we want them he asked &#8211; we certainly did and, after a short delay, the parcel arrived at the beginning of August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opening the package revealed a treasure trove of notes, cuttings and photographs from the mid 1970&#8217;s &#8211; even some correspondence form Henry Wills, author of the seminal work in the genre &#8220;Pillboxes&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This new section will show as much of the collection as is possible to transfer to computer and where possible will provide the current EDOB database ID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170807_222949.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"6485\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170807_222949-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6485\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170807_222949-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170807_222949-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170807_222949-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170807_222906-e1502141891375.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" data-id=\"6484\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170807_222906-e1502141891375-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6484\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170807_222906-e1502141891375-1024x724.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170807_222906-e1502141891375-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170807_222906-e1502141891375-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170805_101947-e1502141700237.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"6483\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170805_101947-e1502141700237-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6483\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170805_101947-e1502141700237-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170805_101947-e1502141700237-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mills-collection002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"999\" data-id=\"6431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mills-collection002-1024x999.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6431\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mills-collection002-1024x999.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mills-collection002-300x293.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mills-collection002-768x749.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/mills-collection002.jpg 1092w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roehampton Vale double decker. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/roehampton-vale-double-decker-variant-pillbox\/\">Link to more pics of Roehampton Pillbox<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early in 2017 we received an Email from Jon Mills. He had been interested in Pillboxes and WWII defences from the early 1970&#8217;s but was now no longer interested and looking to find a home for his photographs and notes. Did we want them he asked &#8211; we certainly did and, after a short delay, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[359],"tags":[361],"class_list":["post-6427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-mills-collection","tag-collection","czr-hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Early in 2017 we received an Email from Jon Mills. He had been interested in Pillboxes and WWII defences from the early 1970&#039;s but was now no longer interested and looking to find a home for his photographs and notes. Did we want them he asked - we certainly did and, after a short delay,\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Colin\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings | Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About The Mills Collection | Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Early in 2017 we received an Email from Jon Mills. He had been interested in Pillboxes and WWII defences from the early 1970&#039;s but was now no longer interested and looking to find a home for his photographs and notes. Did we want them he asked - we certainly did and, after a short delay,\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/psg-round-logo-e1615327225404.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-04T19:50:22+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-17T14:14:36+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"About The Mills Collection | Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Early in 2017 we received an Email from Jon Mills. He had been interested in Pillboxes and WWII defences from the early 1970&#039;s but was now no longer interested and looking to find a home for his photographs and notes. Did we want them he asked - we certainly did and, after a short delay,\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/psg-round-logo-e1615327225404.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"About The Mills Collection | Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings\",\"headline\":\"About The Mills Collection\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/author\\\/colin\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/20170805_101947-e1502141700237.jpg\",\"width\":3120,\"height\":4160,\"caption\":\"Bridgewater boxes page\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-04T20:50:22+01:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-17T15:14:36+01:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"The Mills Collection, collection\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/category\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"The Mills Collection\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/category\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Mills Collection\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/category\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"About The Mills Collection\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"About The Mills Collection\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/category\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"The Mills Collection\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pilbox Study Group\",\"description\":\"Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/psg-round-logo-e1615327225404.jpg\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":200,\"height\":201},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#organizationLogo\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/author\\\/colin\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/author\\\/colin\\\/\",\"name\":\"Colin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/702f356db3af79add4667551f04976887023d80ffdd3de8a3b45a602bcc16dff?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Colin\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/\",\"name\":\"About The Mills Collection | Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings\",\"description\":\"Early in 2017 we received an Email from Jon Mills. He had been interested in Pillboxes and WWII defences from the early 1970's but was now no longer interested and looking to find a home for his photographs and notes. Did we want them he asked - we certainly did and, after a short delay,\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/author\\\/colin\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/author\\\/colin\\\/#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/20170805_101947-e1502141700237.jpg\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":3120,\"height\":4160,\"caption\":\"Bridgewater boxes page\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/the-mills-collection\\\/#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-04T20:50:22+01:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-17T15:14:36+01:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings\",\"description\":\"Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\\\/gazetteersubsite\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"About The Mills Collection | Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings","description":"Early in 2017 we received an Email from Jon Mills. He had been interested in Pillboxes and WWII defences from the early 1970's but was now no longer interested and looking to find a home for his photographs and notes. Did we want them he asked - we certainly did and, after a short delay,","canonical_url":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/#article","name":"About The Mills Collection | Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings","headline":"About The Mills Collection","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/author\/colin\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170805_101947-e1502141700237.jpg","width":3120,"height":4160,"caption":"Bridgewater boxes page"},"datePublished":"2017-08-04T20:50:22+01:00","dateModified":"2025-10-17T15:14:36+01:00","inLanguage":"en-GB","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"The Mills Collection, collection"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/category\/the-mills-collection\/#listItem","name":"The Mills Collection"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/category\/the-mills-collection\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"The Mills Collection","item":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/category\/the-mills-collection\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/#listItem","name":"About The Mills Collection"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"About The Mills Collection","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/category\/the-mills-collection\/#listItem","name":"The Mills Collection"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/#organization","name":"Pilbox Study Group","description":"Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings","url":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/psg-round-logo-e1615327225404.jpg","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/#organizationLogo","width":200,"height":201},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/#organizationLogo"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/author\/colin\/#author","url":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/author\/colin\/","name":"Colin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/702f356db3af79add4667551f04976887023d80ffdd3de8a3b45a602bcc16dff?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Colin"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/#webpage","url":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/","name":"About The Mills Collection | Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings","description":"Early in 2017 we received an Email from Jon Mills. He had been interested in Pillboxes and WWII defences from the early 1970's but was now no longer interested and looking to find a home for his photographs and notes. Did we want them he asked - we certainly did and, after a short delay,","inLanguage":"en-GB","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/author\/colin\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/author\/colin\/#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170805_101947-e1502141700237.jpg","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/#mainImage","width":3120,"height":4160,"caption":"Bridgewater boxes page"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2017-08-04T20:50:22+01:00","dateModified":"2025-10-17T15:14:36+01:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/","name":"Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings","description":"Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings","inLanguage":"en-GB","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_GB","og:site_name":"Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings | Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings","og:type":"article","og:title":"About The Mills Collection | Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings","og:description":"Early in 2017 we received an Email from Jon Mills. He had been interested in Pillboxes and WWII defences from the early 1970's but was now no longer interested and looking to find a home for his photographs and notes. Did we want them he asked - we certainly did and, after a short delay,","og:url":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/","og:image":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/psg-round-logo-e1615327225404.jpg","article:published_time":"2017-08-04T19:50:22+00:00","article:modified_time":"2025-10-17T14:14:36+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"About The Mills Collection | Pillbox Study Group UK and Overseas Site listings","twitter:description":"Early in 2017 we received an Email from Jon Mills. He had been interested in Pillboxes and WWII defences from the early 1970's but was now no longer interested and looking to find a home for his photographs and notes. Did we want them he asked - we certainly did and, after a short delay,","twitter:image":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/psg-round-logo-e1615327225404.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"6427","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","location":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":[],"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"created":"2020-12-21 18:52:16","updated":"2025-10-17 14:27:19","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/category\/the-mills-collection\/\" title=\"The Mills Collection\">The Mills Collection<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tAbout The Mills Collection\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite"},{"label":"The Mills Collection","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/category\/the-mills-collection\/"},{"label":"About The Mills Collection","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/the-mills-collection\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}