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"The fenland’s story famed. View from Mere Mill with Soham church visible 2 miles away"

REXW-MIL-04-07-11
Item
September 1931

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Reid, Douglas Gavin (1881-1934)

"View from wind-shaft of Mere Mill looking towards Ely Cathedral. The sail shown has no 'gore'"

REXW-MIL-04-07-10
Item
September 1931

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

'Gore' is used to describe an extra piece held between the whip and the stock.

Reid, Douglas Gavin (1881-1934)

"Fixing the bolts"

REXW-MIL-04-07-09
Item
September 1931

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Tom Hunt fixing the bolts to secure the new sail.

Reid, Douglas Gavin (1881-1934)

"Riding the 'magic sail'"

REXW-MIL-04-07-06
Item
November 1931

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Reid, Douglas Gavin (1881-1934)

"Fixing the chain. View from the lower end of the sail"

REXW-MIL-04-07-05
Item
November 1931

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Tom and Jack fastening a chain to the poll hub.

Reid, Douglas Gavin (1881-1934)

"Tom Hunt aloft"

REXW-MIL-04-07-04
Item
November 1931

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Tom Hunt standing on the sails after disconnecting and removing the striking rod.

Reid, Douglas Gavin (1881-1934)

"The curve of the sail. Thompson in his yard "

REXW-MIL-04-07-03
Item
1931

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Reid, Douglas Gavin (1881-1934)

"Messrs. Hunt Brothers."

REXW-MIL-04-07-02
Item
1931

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Thomas and Fred Hunt.

Reid, Douglas Gavin (1881-1934)

Sail, Waltham Nr Grimsby

REXW-WIN-03-09-127
Item
August 1951

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Baker, Paul H J

Sail, Stallingborough

REXW-WIN-03-09-110
Item
August 1951

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Captioned "Note Iron Backstays"

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

New sails and stocks, Stansted Windmill, Stansted Mountfitchet

REXW-ESS-73-30
Item
26 June 1966

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Text on back reads "Two new stocks and a sail frame"

Farrow, Frank

New sail frames, Stansted Windmill, Stansted Mountfitchet

REXW-ESS-73-28
Item
26 June 1966

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Text on back reads "new sail frames"

Farrow, Frank

Union Mill, Cranbrook, Kent

REXW-IMG-04-163
Item
1958

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Sequence of 6 contact prints showing the raising of a new sail.

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Union Mill, Cranbrook, Kent, preparing a sail in the field

REXW-IMG-04-091
Item
1958

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Raising a new sail during restoration, Union Mill, Cranbrook

REXW-IMG-04-073
Item
No date

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Union Mill, Cranbrook, Kent - new sweep

REXW-IMG-04-063
Item
1937

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

On reverse:- ' Union Mills 1937 - new sweep in course of making lying in field shed.'

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Sails, Union Mill, Cranbrook

REXW-IMG-04-053
Item
No date

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Sail, Union Mill, Cranbrook

REXW-IMG-04-052
Item
No date

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Sail being fixed, Union Mill, Cranbrook

REXW-IMG-04-047
Item
1958

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

Sail being fixed, Union Mill, Cranbrook

REXW-IMG-04-046
Item
1958

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

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