Cutting from 'The Star' describing the conversion of an old mill in Croydon into a boys' school. The article provides details of how the building was modified to fit the needs of the school, as well as a brief history of the mill.
Cutting from 'Evening News' describing the appeal to save the old windmill at Shirley near Croydon. The appeal was led by Croydon Borough Council, who intended to use it as a school, and the article mentions a survey to be carried out by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings to decide if the mill was worth saving.
Cutting from 'Evening Star' describing the plans to build a school at the site of an old windmill in Croydon. The article mentions that architects needed the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings to conduct a survey before work on the mill could start, and also speculates as to potential uses for the mill once it has been restored.
Cutting from 'Daily Telegraph' describing the decision by Croydon Corporation to preserve Shirley Windmill, and use it as a sports store within the grounds of the John Ruskin Grammar School.
Cutting from the 'Croydon Times' about the public enquiry into the question of where the land should be found to increase the supply of grammar school places in Croydon.
Photo in the 'Yorkshire Evening Post' showing the scaffolding around Shirley Tower Mill in Surrey, which is being incorporated in the new Grammar School.
Cutting from the 'Croydon Times' telling how a firm of Lincolnshire millwrights have advised that around £485 will be needed to put Shirley Mill to rights
Piece in the 'Municipal Journal' publicising that Rentokil Labs. Ltd had treated the old windmill incorporated in the grounds of the new John Ruskin School in Croydon, against woodworm.