"Old and alone, he holds the creed of a craftsman"
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Cutting from the 'News Chronicle' about the engineer Frank Blake who had, single handed, restored the drainage mill on Orford Marshes to working order again, for its owner Alistair Watson. It had originally been built by the Dutch.
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Photos from the 'Suffolk Free Press' showing the last moments of the Leavenheath post mill when it was pulled down on 23 March 1925.
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Article in the 'News Chronicle' about the millers Bob and Caleb Wright of Friston in Suffolk, in their old-fashioned mill.
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Piece in 'The Star' about the collection of two sails from other, damaged mills to return Pakenham Mill to working order in time for the next harvest.
"Disused mill is 'unsafe' but it stays - by law"
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Illustrated article about Friston Mill's owner Caleb Wright, shown up a ladder with a hammer, who has to pay to keep it standing but gets no income from it now.
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Article in the 'East Anglian Daily Times', by R. D. Clover, about his ancestors who were millers at Drinkstone from 1775 onwards.
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Illustrated article in the 'East Anglian Daily Times' about the restoration to full working order, with a set of four sails, of Pakenham Tower Mill.
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Illustration in the 'Daily Graphic' showing Miss Elizabeth Jillard, a former teacher, who has taken over the working at Syleham Post Mill.
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Note in 'The Times' about the removal of the watermill at Holbrook in Suffolk and its re-erection, section by section, at the Stowmarket Museum of Rural Life.
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Photo in the 'East Anglian Daily Times' showing two mills at Worlingworth, one still powered by the wind and the other by steam.
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Letter from an East Anglian magazine from Christopher Elliottt from Beccles about the restoration of the damage done to Marsh Mill, Walberswick, due to it being used for target practice during WW2.
[Came from the Michael Dunn Collection]
"Money well spent at Pakenham"
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Illustrated article in the 'East Anglian Daily Press' marking the completion of the repair scheme for Pakenham Windmill under the guidance of the millwright Mr J. E. Thompson.
"Putting the wind back in the sails of Suffolk"
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Article with photos in the 'East Anglian Daily Times' about the work that Chris Hulcoop. of the Suffolk Mills Group, is organising to restore the windmills at Bardwell and Stanton.
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Piece in the Property section of 'The Daily Telegraph' about the varied types of building you can now enjoy if you want to make your home in a former windmill.
"Walton and Trimley windmills"
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Item 10,227 in the 'East Anglian Miscellany' series in the 'East Anglian Daily Times', with memories by S.D.W. of Walton about windmills etc. formerly in Walton and Trimley. He refers to three in Walton and another two/three in Trimley.
"Holton Mill listed as Special Building"
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Note in the 'Eastern Daily Press' that the listing of Holton Mill has now happened.
"Suffolk Windmills - No. 12,178"
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Item 12,178 in the East Anglian Miscellany series from the 'East Anglian Daily Times', quoting the 'Ipswich Journal' of 14 February 1824, about the forthcoming sale of a Post Mill at Boyton, conveniently close to Boyton Docks.
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Photo with caption from the 'Daily Mirror' showing the post mill from Aldringham which was re-erected at Thorpeness to pump water for the village: so cannot be a REAL drainage mill !
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Letter to 'The Field' about the annular sailed windmill at Haverhill known as Ruffle's Mill.
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Cutting from "Herts & Essex Observer" about the restoration of Stanstead Windmill by Lord Blyth, and the discovery of a document about its creation in 1787.