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A quotation referring to Great Gransden Mill

Pocket No. 15 of Album No.1. A quotation from Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain from Reader's Digest Association in 1973. The quotation describes the owner, William Webb, and how he discovered a book of black magic among his dead brother's belongings.

Short, Michael

Quotation from extract mentioning St. Leonard's Mill

Pocket No. 30 of Album No. 2. An extract taken from 'An old gate of England, by A.G. Bradley and R. Scott' - p.117. The extract tells how Thomas of Walsingham describes how King Edward (Short does not describe which one) survived an accident with his horse that was spooked by the windmill. He also describes how there was a crude painting of St. Leonard in the court hall. Quotation from 1917.

Short, Michael

Quotation from extract mentioning Old Mill at Wittersham

Pocket No. 31 of Album No. 2. An extract taken from 'An old gate of England, by A.G. Bradley and R. Scott' - p.238. It describes how that among the houses, a specific house had been restored, and a retired windmill was situated in the back garden. Quotation from 1917. (Short lists Wittersham as being in Sussex; it is however in Kent.)

Short, Michael

Quotation from extract mentioning Udimore Mill

Pocket No. 29 of Album No. 2. An extract taken from 'An old gate of England, by A.G. Bradley and R. Scott' - p.200. The extract describes how the windmill at Udimore made a big impression on people entering the village, and how it was an important landmark. They also express fears about its future after it had been declared unsafe. Quotation from 1917.

Short, Michael

References to East Bergholt Mill

Pocket No. 51 of Album No.1. Notes containing a quote from the caption to a photo in 'The Suffolk Landscape' by Norman Scarfe. No specific date, but the date given for the book is 1972.

Short, Michael

Letter from Chris Hullcoop to Michael Short

A reply letter from Chris Hullcoop to Michael Short. Hullcoop thanks Short for his offer of help with Ramsey Windmill in Essex. He also explains that the work at the mill is interesting but also depends on the weather and that there is much work to do to try and preserve the mill.