History
Milling Around is a retail/wholesale company with an eclectic shop in downtown Newcastle. Housed in a gambrel building on Main Street (previously a service station circa 1938) and graced by its landmark red, vintage British telephone booth. Formerly known as Ma's Bobbin Works, the wholesale business has been selling textile artifacts for over 40 years. Branching into retail in 2014, it now offers a mix of antiques, collectibles and gifts under the name Milling Around, the moniker used by owner Dirk Poole while running his bobbin cart in Boston's Fanueil Hall/Quincy Marketplace three decades ago. Much of the focus since 1975 has revolved around keeping mill history alive. This includes sharing with shopgoers a working, early 20th-century braiding machine and the