- CUTT-05193
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- 30 January 1937
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Cutting from "Blackpool Gazette and Herald". A Memorial to Allen Clarke is being considered by restoring the Marton Windmill.
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Cutting from "Blackpool Gazette and Herald". A Memorial to Allen Clarke is being considered by restoring the Marton Windmill.
"A Seasiders Diary - The Story of The Marton Mill"
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Cutting from "West Lancashire Evening Gazette". Marton Mill is to be purchased by the by the Corporation (Blackpool and Fylde), restored and maintained as a memorial to the local author Allen Clarke. The mill owner and his ancesters have owned the mill since it was built in 1838. There was an earlier mill before the present one but was in a very poor state and was demolished.
"A Windmill Land Memorial - Help wanted for Marton Plan"
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Cutting from "Blackpool Gazette and Herald". Much interest has been taken in the proposal to restore Marton Windmill as a memorial to the late Mr Clarke. A restoration committee has been set up to oversee the fund raising. The mill owner, Mt Cornelius Bagot, has given the mill to this committee.
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Cutting from "Manchester Guardian". At the March meeting of the Lancashire Authors' Association held in Preston a lecture was given on "Allen Clarke and his works". Before the lecture a wreath was laid on the grave of Allen Clarke in Marton Cemetery.
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Cutting from "West Lancashire Evening Gazette". A committee has been formed to secure Marton Windmill as a fitting memorial to Mr Allen Clarke, Lancashire author and journalist who 'did so much to make the Fylde "Windmill Land" known throughout the country'.
"A Windmill's Charm - Move to save it for posterity in an Old-Fylde village"
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Cutting from "News Chronicle". Allen Clarke (author of 'Windmill Land') writes in of this article about the demise of the windmills in Lancashire. He mentions the Weeton Appeal to preserve the windmill at Weeton via the Lancashire branch of the Ancient Monuments Society and includes the delights of Weeton village and its history.
"Allen Clarke Memorial - Fylde Windmill Rest Home"
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Cutting from "Cotton Factory Times" reporting that there was a campaign to set up a memorial to Allen Clarke, a local author and poet, by purchasing the Marton Mill and turning into a 'haven of rest' and museum.
"Allen Clarke Memorial - Scheme for Garden of Rest"
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Cutting from "Cotton Factory Times". The proposal to set up a 'Garden of Rest' in a windmill garden as a memorial to the Lancashire author Allen Clarke is making progress. Great interest has been taken in this scheme to provide a fitting memorial.
"Allen Clarke Memorial Fund - First Donations"
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Cutting from "Liverpool Weekly Post". It was decided that the best way to remember the late Allen Clarke's love of windmills in the Fylde would be to restore and preserve Marton windmill. A sum of
"An Old World Feature of the Fylde - Marton Windmill Scheme"
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Cutting from "West Lancashire Evening Gazette". Article includes a drawing of the mill with a proposal to restore the mill and provide a museum as a memorial to the late Mr Allen Clarke.
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Cutting from "Lancashire Daily Post". Thornton Ratepayers' Association asks the Council to lead discussions on the preservation of the local windmill.
"Author's Memorial - Weeton Windmill"
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Cutting from "The People". A photograph of the Marton Windmill which has been given as a memorial to the late Allen Clarke a Lancastrian author.
"Blackpool to Keep The Windmill - As an Allen Clarke Memorial"
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Cutting from "West Lancashire Gazette". As a memorial to Allen Clarke, author of "Windmill Land", the "gifting" of Marton Mill by the owner Mr Cornelius Bagot has been realised. More funds are required to return the mill into good order.
"Disappearance of Thornton Mill"
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Cutting from "Northern Daily Telegraph" reports that there are few mills remaining on the Fylde landscape with the future in doubt for some of the only windmills left. Thornton Mill's fate "hangs in the balance" unless restoration is undertaken and supported by the local council.
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Cutting from "Haslingden Guardian". Friends of the author Allen Clarke will be delighted that Allens's son has agreed to give personal effects (chair, desk and documents etc.) to the proposed building project on land adjacent to the mill as well as restoring Marton Mill. This will be a much valued memorial to the author.
"History and Romance in Windmill Land - Serenity of Old World Charm"
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Cutting from "Stockport Advertiser". An article by E E Loose gives an overview of the Lancashire, Cheshire and East Anglian countryside in the days of the windmill. It covers the "Romantic Period" and a "Bygone Age" using Allen Clarke's poetry to bring us back to an age long gone.
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Cutting from "News Chronicle". Marton Mill, a local landmark, is being renovated as a memorial to Allen Clarke.
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Cutting from "Evening Chronicle" reports that the fund created to restore Marton Windmill as a memorial to the late Allen Clark is growing but the people of Blackpool should be reminded to support the fund.
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Cutting from "Evening Chronicle". The mill owner, Mr Bagot, has offered it to the Memorial Committee as a gift with the aim to restore the mill for future holiday makers in Blackpool to enjoy. A museum for Allen Clarke's collection of artefacts.
"Marton Mill Memorial - The Allen Clarke Fund Preserving a Priceless Possession"
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Cutting from"Blackpool Gazette and Herald". The committee overseeing the Allen Clarke Fund felt greatly encouraged by expressions of approval from the district in restoring Marton Mill. It is likely that the cost of restoration and improvements to surrounding area would be