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- Early 20th century - 2015
Press cuttings relating to windmills and watermills.
The Mills Archive
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Press cuttings relating to windmills and watermills.
The Mills Archive
"Closure threat to the last steam mill"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'The Times' of an article by Ian Smith describing the potential closure of the Queen Street Mill in Harle Syke due to the lack of funding from the Manpower Services Commission and the Department of the Environment. The article explains the need for additional needs for funding from other sources, and also includes a brief history of the mill.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
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.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Photo and caption from the 'Kettering Leader Jubilee Supplement' about Coleman's Mill that stood in Windmill Avenue, Kettering, until it was torn down as part of the Mafeking celebrations.
"Well, what else can you do when a mill gets stuck outside a pub?"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from an unknown source giving a brief history of Worthing Mill, including the name of the last owner, Edward Isted, who owned it until 1870.
"The sails that turn no longer"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Photo and caption on former smock mill at Mulbarton, taken in 1910.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Article in the Hull 'Daily Mail' on the stories and photos that Mr Andrew, of Ferriby Sluice, Barton-on-Humber, a fifth-generation miller, has in his collection.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'The Advertiser' about the appearance of two windmills in Sussex appearing on an 1824 map of the area. The article mentions College Mill and Cripplegate Mill, but focuses on Cripplegate Mill in particular, providing its brief history and details of ownership, as well as its destruction in a fire on 25 May 1914.
The Advertiser (Sussex)
"Reopening of Brixton Windmill
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Report in 'The West London & Fulham Gazette' about the reopening of the tower mill after restoration by L. C. C.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'South London Press' about the restoration work nearing completion on the Brixton windmill.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
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.
"MUST A LONDON WINDMILL MAKE WAY FOR FLATS?"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'Evening Standard' about proposals to knock down the windmill in Blenheim Gardens in Brixton and build a block of flats.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
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.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
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"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
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.
"Sails of old windmill to turn again"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Report in the 'Evening News' that restoration of the site in Blenheim Gardens of the old Brixton windmill has started.
"Windmill plan: cost too high"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
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.
"Historic windmill wins its 30-year fight for life"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Report in the 'Evening News' celebrating the accomplishment next spring when Brixton Hill's windmill's sails will be turning again.
"London mill sails to turn again"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Report in the 'Evening Standard' that the sails on the windmill in Blenheim Gardens, Brixton Hill, will soon be turning again.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Note in the 'Glasgow Herald' on the story of how Brixton Hill, Lambeth, came to be reserved and restoration work is ongoing.