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R Thompson and Sons, millwrights, Alford, Lincolnshire
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Millwright working

Card; 440x330; colour; Millwright working on sail at yard of R Thompson and Son, Alford, Lincolnshire. Artistic licence depicts Hoyle's 5-sailed mill in the background; water colour print; Edwin Straker

"Windmill renewal held up"

Report in the 'Yorkshire Evening Press' that, having begun work on the restoration of Holgate Mill, York, the contractors Messrs R. Thompson & Son have found that they cannot turn the dome, so a supplementary sum of £306 will have to be asked for.

"Sixth sail goes on"

Cutting from 'Lincolnshire Standard' describing the installation of a sixth sail on Trader Mill at Sibsey. The article also provides details of other aspects of the mill's restoration, including that Alford millwrights R. Thompson and Son were working on the building.

"This week in Alford"

Cutting from 'Lincolnshire Standard' describing the work of millwright J. E. Thompson of the millwrighting firm Messrs. R. Thompson and Sons. The article outlines some of the mills Mr. Thompson has worked on in Lincolnshire, as well as some of the dangers involved in his line of work.

Photographs of Brixton Windmill, Brixton

The last two negative strips and 10 photographs are missing. Taken during renovation works undertaken by Thompson & Son, Alford, with their sign visible on the tower.

Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher

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