"Death-watch in the Windmill"
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Photo and note in the 'Wimbledon Borough News' that death-watch beetle has been found in the main stock of the windmill and so the sails have had to be taken off until the problem is solved.
"Reopening of Brixton Windmill
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Report in 'The West London & Fulham Gazette' about the reopening of the tower mill after restoration by L. C. C.
"Working on sails"
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Cutting from 'South London Press' about the restoration work nearing completion on the Brixton windmill.
"Brixton's Windmill"
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Letter to 'South London Press' from a Mrs Bell of Bournemouth about searches by a Mr Saunderson for the windmill that once stood in Brixton.
"The Brixton Windmill"
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Cutting from the 'Daily Telegraph and Morning Post' about the plans to replace the old windmill in Blenheim Gardens, Brixton with a block of flats.
"The windmill is NOT going"
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Cutting from the 'Balham News' that the old windmill, dating from 1816, had been scheduled as an Ancient Monument in 1951 and would be restored.
"Lambeth cannot afford the windmill"
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Report in the 'South London Press' that Lambeth Council decided that the site of the old windmill in Blenheim Gardens would be too costly to acquire as an open space and that the L. C. C. would have to take the project on.
"Windmill plan: cost too high"
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Report in the 'South London Advertiser' that Lambeth Council had decided the cost of including the windmill in an open space in Brixton was too high.
"London mill sails to turn again"
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Report in the 'Evening Standard' that the sails on the windmill in Blenheim Gardens, Brixton Hill, will soon be turning again.
"Old Mill by a Grant"
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Note in the 'Glasgow Herald' on the story of how Brixton Hill, Lambeth, came to be reserved and restoration work is ongoing.
"Windmill regains its sails"
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Photo and caption from the 'Evening News' showing the Brixton Hill windmill with its sails on, and surrounded by a garden.
"A Park at the Windmill"
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Note in the 'South London Press' about plans by Lambeth Council to spend up to £6,000 making an open space around the old Brixton Hill windmill.
"Restoring Windmill"
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Report in 'Irish Times' about L.C.C.'s plan to spend £5,350 on restoring the Brixton windmill in Lambeth.
"Sails being restored"
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Photo and caption from 'The Daily Telegraph' showing sails being hoisted onto the cap of Brixton Hill tower mill.
"The Old Mill is There for Good"
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Note in the 'South London Press' that newspaper reports that Brixton windmill was to be demolished for flats were quite wrong and, instead, it's planned to make a park around its site.